Many high-altitude areas within the Union Territory witnessed snowfall.
Jammu:
The well-known cave shrine of Mata Vaishno Devi atop the Trikuta Hills in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district witnessed its first snowfall this season on Sunday, officers mentioned.
There was no disruption in motion of devotees, they mentioned.
Many high-altitude areas within the Union Territory witnessed snowfall, whereas the plains, together with Jammu metropolis, obtained intermittent rains amid heavy cloud cowl throughout most a part of the day.
The snowfall on the Trikuta Hills, together with on the ”Bhawan” (sanctum sanctorum) of began round 5.30 pm and lasted for practically half-an-hour, the officers mentioned.
They mentioned the climate on the shrine remained cloudy with intermittent spells of rainfall earlier in the course of the day.
The pilgrimage to the shrine continued and the devotees had been additionally seen having fun with the snowfall, the officers mentioned.
Katra, the bottom camp for the pilgrims visiting Vaishno Devi shrine, recorded a most of 14.8 levels Celsius towards the day past’s 19.8 levels Celsius, whereas the minimal temperature settled at 5.7 levels Celsius.
Jammu additionally recorded a dip of two notches within the day temperature which settled at 17.2 levels Celsius – 1.8 levels beneath the conventional, a spokesman of the MeT division mentioned.
He mentioned the evening temperature in Jammu was 4.2 levels Celsius which can also be 3.2 levels beneath season’s common.
(This story has not been edited by NDTV employees and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
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