Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 11: Punjab Governor and former Union Home Minister, Shivraj Patil today visited holy cave shrine of Mata Vaishno Devi ji and offered prayers.
Mr Patil along with his spouse and some staff flew-in to Sanji Chat and trekked to Vaishno Devi Bhawan.
They offered prayers inside the holy cave shrine and returned to Chandigarh in the afternoon.
Yesterday, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram had visited Mata Vaishno Devi shrine.
Another Union Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal was scheduled to visit the holy cave shrine yesterday but his helicopter couldn’t land at Jammu due to bad weather conditions in the afternoon. He flew back to New Delhi and would be visiting Vaishno Devi Bhawan on another date.