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JAMMU, Oct 3: Amid multi-tier security arrangements, the nine-day-long festival of Navratri began with religious fervor, as over 45,000 pilgrims undertake the pilgrimage daily to pay obeisance at the cave shrine of Mata Vaishnodevi<\/a> in the Trikuta hills of Jammu and Kashmir\u2019s Reasi district.
\nThe Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board (SMVDSB), which manages the yatra, has started new registration counters at the Katra railway station to ease the process for the pilgrims in light of the expected influx during the Navratri period.
\nThe Mata Vaishno Devi shrine in Katra has been adorned with indigenous and foreign flowers, and large pandals have been set up in the Bhawan area for the auspicious occasion.
\n\u201cI congratulate all the devotees on the occasion of Shardiya Navratri. We welcome them here and hope that thousands of pilgrims from across the globe will come to pay their obeisance,\u201d Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Anshul Garg told reporters.
\nHe assured that all necessary arrangements have been made to ensure a comfortable and peaceful yatra for the pilgrims.
\n\u201cThere has been a heavy rush of pilgrims since yesterday with over 45,000 devotees registered and we expect a similar footfall today,\u201d he added.
\nMulti-tier security measures have been implemented to ensure an incident-free yatra.
\n\u201cPolice, CRPF and Shrine Board security personnel have been deployed along the track from Katra to Bhawan. Elaborate security arrangements have been made following a full review,\u201d Garg said.
\nIn response to the heavy rush of pilgrims, crowd management systems integrated with CCTV and RFID surveillance systems have been put in place.
\n\u201cAs many as 650 CCTV cameras are active with integrated cards to monitor all movements and a skywalk has been introduced for crowd management,\u201d he said.
\nAdditionally, a new langar will be set up at Ardh Kuwari to provide facilities for the pilgrims, supplementing the three major langars already in place.
\nThe CEO said the board has taken additional initiatives this year.
\n\u201cWe are launching registration counters at Katra railway station, which will start functioning from tomorrow. Eight such counters are operational now,\u201d Garg added.
\nThousands of devotees are enthusiastically undertaking the pilgrimage, viewing it as a chance to seek the blessings of Mata Vaishnodevi during Navratri. The shrine is approximately 15 kilometers uphill walk from the base at Katra.
\nLong queues were seen at the temple since early morning.
\n\u201cWe greet every devotee on Navratri and seek blessings not only for our families but for the entire nation, wishing for peace, progress and prosperity,\u201d said Sunit Kharu, a devotee from Maharashtra\u2019s Pune.
\nNavratri is an annual festival celebrated to worship Goddess Durga, with the celebrations lasting for nine days.
\nAt Bhawan, prayers marked the onset of the nine-day Shardiya Navratri festival.
\nIn Jammu, there were long queues seen at Mata Kali temple popularly know as Bawewali Mata located at Bahu fort in Jammu. Hundreds of devotees were lined up since pre-dawn time to pay obeisance at the deity.<\/p>\n

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JAMMU, Oct 3: Amid multi-tier security arrangements, the nine-day-long festival of Navratri began with religious fervor, as over 45,000 pilgrims undertake the pilgrimage daily to pay obeisance at the cave shrine of Mata Vaishnodevi in the Trikuta hills of Jammu and Kashmir\u2019s Reasi district. 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