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Paid Darshan at Vaishno Devi Shrine for the Impatient

Got the money, then skip the long queue at Vaishno Devi Shrine in Jammu . The Vaishno Devi Shrine board has come up with paid darshan or VIP darshan for all those who have the money to buy the special tickets. The paid darshan move hurts millions of poor Hindu devotees who barely manage the travel expenses needed to reach the shrine. The poor devotees are at the shrine to seek the blessings of Vaishno Devi to have a better life. But even at the shrine money rules and poor devotees are pushed back. Update: Respecting popular demand, the shrine dropped all sort of paid darshans. The shrine board refers to paid darshan as a tatkal system and is limited to 1000 devotees per day. A traditional ‘mata ki aarti’ can be organized inside the sanctum sanctorum at Rs 1000 in the morning Skip the long queue and have a darshan of the deity from the Bathing Gate (gate No 2) for Rs 500 per person, For darshan through gate no 5 it is Rs 200. The paid darshan is also available to pilgrim