Snowfall At Vaishno Devi Shrine, Severe Cold Wave To Grip North India For Three Days, Warns IMD

The famous cave shrine of Mata Vaishno Devi atop the Trikuta Hills in Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi district witnessed its first snowfall this season on December 27. There was no disruption in movement of devotees, officials told PTI. Many high-altitude areas in the Union Territory witnessed snowfall, while the plains, including Jammu city, received intermittent rains amid heavy cloud cover during most part of the day. An approaching western disturbance (WD) is likely to cause snowfall over Jammu, Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit, Baltistan and Muzaffarabad; scattered snowfall over Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand on December 28. There are likely to be thundershowers over northern parts of Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh also. Watch the video to know more.

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