Significance of Donation ...

Donations are an integral part of Religion. Since time immemorial both the terms 'Donations' and 'Religion' have been used together, so much so that they have become synonymous to each other. The sentiment behind this is that if a person cannot attend to religious rituals due to any reason, then the donations offered by him convert all those acts as religious by vitue of which he has earned that money. This definition has become more meaningful in the present times. Being engrossed in earning wealth has created scarcity of time to attend religious rituals in the lives of humans. On the other hand, lack of wise and knowledgeable scholars has also made religious accomplishment a tougher task than before. In such a situation a pilgrimage contentment and peace to a person the pursuit of which brings him to Religion.

And what else can be a bigger fortune than to be of service to the Great Goddess, the Mother of the Universe, by offering something at Her Lotus Feet. The Mother Goddess has taken an incarnation in the form of Mata Vaishno Devi in Kaliyug (Age of darkness). Popular the world over as the Mother who fulfills whatever Her children wish, Her great pilgrimage is a memorable journey in itself.

On persistent demand by the devotees wishing to earn merit by participating in the development of this Great pilgrimage of the Divine Mother Vaishno Devi (also believed to Herself call Her children and devotees), Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board ( a body constituted under 'The Jammu and Kashmir Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Act, 1986', which manages the Yatra to this Holy Pilgrimage) has drafted various schemes related to this purpose.