Arun Mandola visits the Vaishno Devi temple

Sankatmochan Mahabali Hanuman actor Arun Mandola recently visited the Mata Vaishno Devi temple and performed a special puja there. He spent four days there but asserted that it shouldn’t be called a trip.

The trek to the holy shrine is approximately 12 km and it can be quite challenging. Though there are paid facilities like helicopters, horses and ponies available to make the devotees’ journey easier, Arun chose to travel on foot. He said, “I was in Vaishno Devi for three days. I did not use any support during the trek and enjoyed the scenic beauty on foot. The first day, I rested after finishing the trek, and performed the puja and darshan on the second day. When I visit such holy places I don’t consider it as a trip, it shouldn’t be called that. I am serious when it comes to visiting religious places and I refrain myself from doing any fun activity. I feel worshiping needs dedication and focus, and at religious places you should only be thinking about God.”