For pilgrims visiting the Vaishno Devi temple atop Trikuta hills in Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi region, Radio-Frequency Identity Cards (RFID) have been implemented on a trial basis. Since the start of the year, almost 60 lakh people have explored the cave sanctuary. RFID will be used in place of the Yatra slip method, and it will be required of all pilgrims entering the shrine. Since RFIDs are reusable, visitors returning to the base camp after receiving "Darshan" must leave their cards at the exit point.
According to a senior official of the Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board the RFID technology was put in place last week on a trial basis from Balganga and Tarakote En route to the cave shrine, aiming at tracking the movement of pilgrims on a real-time basis which helped collect data for the board about movements of the visitors.
According to him, the system will allow the board controls the flow of pilgrims in accordance with the capacity of the trip and the cave shrine. Based on wireless technology that can be followed via radio waves, the radio-frequency identification system can identify objects. Short descriptions, serial numbers, and encrypted data can all be carried via the tags.
Antenna and trackers have been installed at 29 spots along the 13-km route from Katra to the Bhawan, according to the source, who also stated verification counters had been put up at seven locations where security forces and judicial staff will examine the cards (sanctum sanctorum). Prior to the project's full deployment in the following days, it is essential to find and fix any problems during the present RFID testing.
Every year, thousands of pilgrims travel 61 kilometers from Jammu to the Vaishno Devi Temple, tucked away in the Trikuta mountains. It is regarded as one of the holiest Hindu pilgrimage sites in north India. Goddess Shakti is worshipped in this temple in the shapes of Maha Kali, Maha Saraswati, and Maha Lakshmi, which is seated at a height of 5,200 feet. The shrine is a cave temple with three sacred "pindis," stone sculptures of three different energy forms that are revered as the abovementioned goddesses.
