The extremely sacred Amarnath Yatra is a Hindu devotee's trip to the
Amarnath Cave, given the name after the Mount Amarnath at the height of
5,486 m. Owing to the high elevation; the cave is enclosed with snow
for nearly all part of the year. It is only for a short period in
summer that devotees are able to embark on a journey up to the cave.
Though the cave of Amarnath is placed at a very great height where
temperature is quite low and the journey is grueling and difficult
nothing seems to dishearten the pilgrims from roving there. Beyond
doubt, holiness is the means of support of the nation in India.
Currently, Amarnathji Yatra is an indispensable part of the Hindu
pilgrimage and though the way is not easy to negotiate, it is at the
same time exciting. Each year, numerous devotees come to pay reverence
before Shiva in one of his renowned Himalayan dwellings.
Lord Shiva considered to be the Creator, Preserver and the Destructor
Lord Shiva is the maker, protector as well as the destroyer of this
world. The Lord's characteristics stand for his victory over the
demonic actions, and stillness of human nature. Amarnathji yatra

Vaishno Devi by Helicopter

his year’s Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Yatra in Jammu and Kashmir is poised to surpass all the previous records.

‘Over 62 lakh pilgrims from various parts of the country and abroad
have already visited and paid obeisance at the holy cave shrine during
the past ten months’, Additional Chief Executive Officer, Shri Mata
Vaishno Devi Shrine Board (SMVDSB) Mr. Puneet Kumar informed, further
adding that “if the trend of pilgrims remains the same what has been
during the past six months, the yatra may cross an all time high record
of 74 lakhs, as during each of the past six months the number of
pilgrims has never fallen below 7 lakh per month.�

Elaborating on the statistics, the Additional CEO said that against
62,00356 pilgrims visiting the Himalyan shrine from January to October
this year, their number was 59,25,059 during the corresponding period
last year. In all 69,50,573 pilgrims had darshan of the Mata in 2006,
he maintained.

It was the 15th consecutive successful mission for the 44-metre,
230-tonne launch vehicle, designated C-14 for this mission, ever since it failed
on its debut on September 20, 1993.

"The PSLV is like old wine, it's
improving with age,'' said ISRO chairman G Madhavan Nair after what he said was
an excellent and precise launch. Oceansat-2, the country's second ocean studies
satellite that aims to aid fishermen in identifying fishing zones and weathermen
to forecast cyclones by measuring sea surface winds, was injected in a 728-km
orbit, exactly 1,081 seconds after lift-off at 11.51 am.

For those
who watched the clear skies above the spaceport in the Satish Dhawan Space
Centre, but for a few innocuous cloudy patches, there would have been little
indication of the initial glitches. During the 51-hour countdown (which began on
Monday), scientists discovered an anomaly in the reaction control package. "We
replaced it immediately. Normally, it would have taken a week, but we didn't
want to lose even a minute,'' Nair said later.

Ultimately, it was a

 

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