Preity Zinta visits Vaishnodevi shrine 06th Feb 2008
15.00 IST
By Agencies
Bollywood actress Preity Zinta on Wednesday visited Vaishnodevi shrine and performed puja there despite snowfall at several places in the area.
Preity arrived in Katra on Tuesday and later went on a horse to Bhawan even as it was snowing en route to the cave shrine, official sources said.
She had darshan in the morning and took part in the aarti, they said, adding she returned Mumbai later.
It is believed that Preity went to seek the blessings of the goddess after she and her boy friend Ness Wadia won the Indian Premier League (IPL) bid for the Mohali team for $ 76 million.
The cave shrine has experienced heavy snowfall and cold conditions recently, leading to decline in number of pilgrims to the shrine. Snowfall was experienced in Adhkuwari, lower Adhkuwari, Sanjji Chhat, Bhawan and Behro Ghati.
The daily turn-out of visitors to the shrine, which was about 10,000 a few days ago, has come down to around 2000 to 3000 in the past two days, reports said.
Preity Zinta visits Vaishnodevi shrine
