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Shimla, Vaishno Devi receive first snowfall of the season

December 28, 2020508 Views

Shimla received the first snowfall of the season on Sunday, bringing cheer to tourists who come here in large numbers to celebrate Christmas and New Year. Light snowfall started around 9.15 pm at Mall Road, Jakhu, Chhota Shimla and other areas of the city. The Meteorological Department has predicted rain and snowfall in isolated places of Himachal Pradesh on Monday. A snow day literally and figuratively falls from the sky, unbidden, and seems like a thing of wonder.-Susan Orlean, Snow Day in “The New Yorker”#FreshSnowFall#SnowFallInShimla pic.twitter.com/HF8HD0kWw0— Indian Institute of Advanced Study (IIAS), Shimla (@IIASShimla) December 28, 2020 Several places in the state, including Keylong, Kalpa and Manali, shivered at sub-zero temperatures. Lahaul-Spiti's administrati...

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Devotees start thronging Vaishno Devi shrine

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August 16, 2020772 Views

Khushvinder Singh is part of a 12-member group from Jammu who reached Katra before dawn to pay obeisance at the famous Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine atop Trikuta hills in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir.The shrine along with other religious places across the Union Territory reopened for devotees on Sunday morning after remaining closed for almost five months due to the COVID-19 outbreak. "I used to come to the shrine at least once every month to offer my prayers. I feel blessed to be back on the first day of the reopening of the shrine," the 48-year-old Singh said. Singh had reached Katra, the base camp for the pilgrims visiting Vaishno Devi shrine, around 4 am and was among the first batch to offer prayers at the sanctum sanctorum - the holy cave which is the ultimate destination of th...