Katra, June 7: Once the first choice of film stars, dignitaries, and devotees and the hotel where the shootings of mega movies like Madhuri Dixit, Akshay Kumar starrer Aarzoo, Amitabh Bachan, Nana Patekar, Jaya Pradha starrer Kohram, No one killed Jessica, etc. took place is once again going to be opened on 9th June, in its new form as The Vaishnodevi Sarovar Portico and would be inaugurated jointly by Managing Director Sarovar Hotels & Resorts Ajay Bakaya & Chairman Katra Mata Vaishno Devi Hotels & Restaurants Pvt.Ltd.( KMVDHRPL ) & Head of Wazir family Pushpa Devi after a gap of more than two years which it took for taking this new shape by way of its complete modernization, renovation, and diversification.
Rakesh Wazir Managing Director KMVD Hotels & Restaurant Pvt. Ltd. said that their company’s this hotel would be a green 1.5 acres property at the entrance of Katra, adjoining SMVD Shrine Board Central office,500 meters before Katra Bus Stand and 550 meters from newly made Railway Station. The holy Trikuta Mountains, where Goddess Vaishnodevi ji lives can be seen from within and outside the hotel. The hotel in addition to double rooms has spacious suites also. The hotel is fully air-conditioned with heating in the winter, direct dial telephones in every room, in house laundry,Courtesy cars to pick up and drop the guests from the hotel to Banganaga, the main bazar, and back on a 24X7 basis,in house books library, ample car parking with accommodation for drivers, Wifi internet facility, Restaurant with 100% pure vegetarian cuisine offering North Indian, South India, Chinese and continental dishes with 24-hour room service, Conference/Banquet Halls for functions like conferences, marriages, parties, etc. Play area for children, Vast lawns, Space for prayers, Lawn Café, Recreation center with facilities like carom, chess, scrabble, snakes and ladder, etc. Taxis for sightseeing, messages for ladies and gentlemen, doctors on call, etc. are some of the facilities of the hotel and in fact, an effort has been made to provide the guests right from needle and thread to bigger things in the hotel itself.
He further said that this hotel in past has contributed a lot towards enhancement of Tourism and has remained the first choice of travelers and in its new form will prove to be a big facility for the Tourists who want to have the luxury and good accommodation in the holy township of Katra.