Vaishno Devi Temple, also known as Mata Vaishno Devi Temple, is a Hindu temple located in Katra at the Trikuta Mountains within the Indian Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is one of the 108 Shakti Peethas dedicated to Durga, who is worshipped as Vaishno Devi. The temple is one of the most visited pilgrimage centers of India. Every year millions of visitors visit the temple. During festivals like Navaratri, the count even increases to one crore visitors.

The temple is a cave temple, and the shrine houses three sacred ‘pindis’ or stone representations of three energy forms, which are worshipped as the aforementioned goddesses. Interestingly, all the pindis differ in colour and texture despite of having the same source rock.