About 41 lakh devotees have visited the Vaishno Devi shrine till date this year, marking an increase of over four lakh pilgrims from last year's corresponding period. “There is a huge rush of devotees to the shrine this year. On Monday alone , around 40,000 devotees have registered for darshan,” an official of the Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board told PTI .
“ So far, 40,99,384 pilgrims have visited the shrine this year, whereas in the corresponding period last year the number was only 36,88,478.” Last year, a record of over 1 crore devotees visited the shrine.