Highlighting Yatri Bhawan Haridwar on Tourist Map
Jammu Yatri Bhawan Trust hails Govt. to Highlight Yatri Bhawan Haridwar on Tourist Map
On 6th August 2011, Jammu Yatri Bhawan Trust ( JYBT ) and management have hailed bringing of Yatri Bhawan at haridwar ( YBH ) on the tourist map of J&K and Uttarkhand by the respective Govts. It has thanked the J&K Govt. particularly the Honb’le Minister for Tourism and Culture Sh. Nawang Rig Jin Zora on the website of the tourism department of the Govt.
Sh. Pawan Kumar Shastri, President, Jammu Tarri Bhawan Trust has conveyed his thanks on behalf of the Trust and its management to the Govt. of Jammu and Kashmir Tourism Minister for this development. This will further expose Jammu Yatri Bhawan at Haridwar and the activities of the Trust to the prospective tourist and pilgrim in the country those from abroad who visit India.
Sh. Pawan Kumar Shastri has stated that besides devotees from Jammu region and other parts of the Country, groups of Hindu pilgrim from foreign countries visiting Haridwar have been enjoying hospitality of Yatri Bhawan, where besides comfortable lodging, free four times wholesome meals are served to them. He added that lastly 151 Pakistani Hindus from Kandhkote District of Sindh province of Pakistan, who had visited to various Hindu Shrines in the country, were thrown warm Hospitality by Jammu Yatri Bhawan Trust. These Pak Hindu devotees were also invited by the Jammu Yatri Bhawan in Jammu where they went to pay obscene at Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine. All the arrangements for their lodging, boarding and transport etc were made by the Trust. They were also accorded citizen “reception at Jammu and were given away mementos, including a heavy weighed idol of Mata Vaishno Devi Ji, which they have installed at a temple in Kandhkote Pakistan. These pilgrims had carried sweet memories of their visit to Jammu Yatri Bhawan at Haridwar.
Sh. Gurdas Sharma, Advisor to President, Jammu Yatri Bhawan Trust was specially deputed both at Haridwar and Jammu to provide these pilgrims all the necessary assistance and guidance.