Jammu and Kashmir: Vaishno Devi closed for three days from today after rain forecast

JAMMU: Vaishno Devi temple successful J&K’s Reasi territory volition beryllium closed to devotees for 3 days from Sunday (October 5-7) pursuing the forecast of dense rainfall successful respective areas of Jammu and southbound Kashmir.The closure comes little than a period aft the shrine reopened pursuing a 22-day shutdown since Aug 26 erstwhile 34 people, mostly pilgrims, died successful a rain-triggered landslide.This time, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board, which manages the temple, announced the closure connected Saturday. “Yatra Update: In presumption of the inclement upwind advisory…Vaishno Devi yatra shall stay suspended from 5th to 7th Oct 2025 & volition resume connected 08/10/2025,” the committee said successful a station connected X.After the landslide adjacent Adh Kunwari connected the shrine way successful precocious August, the pilgrimage had resumed connected September 17. Since then, implicit 1.70 lakh pilgrims person offered prayers astatine the shrine, astir of them during the caller Navratri season.