JAMMU : Vaishno Devi temple in J&K’s Reasi district will be closed to devotees for three days from Sunday (October 5-7) following the forecast of heavy rain in several areas of Jammu and south Kashmir . The closure comes less than a month after the shrine reopened following a 22-day shutdown since Aug 26 when 34 people, mostly pilgrims, died in a rain-triggered landslide. This time, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board, which manages the temple, announced the closure on Saturday. “Yatra Update: In view of the inclement weather advisory…Vaishno Devi yatra shall remain suspended from 5th to 7th Oct 2025 & will resume on 08/10/2025,” the board said in a post on X. After the landslide near Adh Kunwari on the shrine route in late August, the pilgrimage had resumed on September 17. S

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