“The yatra to the Holy Shrine resumed on August 16,” a press release by the Shrine Board mentioned.
Katra, Jammu and Kashmir:
The Shri Mata Vaishno Devi (SMVD) Shrine Board in Jammu and Kashmir’s Katra is ready to ship prasad to devotees via pace submit after an settlement was entered with the Department of Posts on Saturday.
According to a press release by the SMVD, Ramesh Kumar, Chief Executive Officer of the Shrine Board, and Gaurav Srivastava, Director of the Postal Service in Jammu and Kashmir signed the settlement on the Spiritual Growth Centre in Katra.
“For facilitating the devotees, especially during the prevailing circumstances, the Board today introduced the facility of delivery of Prasad at their places. This initiative of the Board will greatly help the devotees to avail the Prasad who could not undertake the yatra due to the circumstances created by the pandemic,” it mentioned.
Three classes of prasad have been launched by the Board on a no-profit no-loss foundation, which will be booked both via the official web site of the Shrine Board or via telephonic mode.
“The yatra to the Holy Shrine resumed on August 16. Supplementary facilities like helicopter, battery operated vehicles and passenger ropeway between Bhawan and Bhairon Ji have also been pressed into service for the visiting pilgrims,” the assertion added.
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