{"id":2610,"date":"2002-11-23T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2002-11-23T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/2002\/11\/23\/2002-11-23-helicopter-service-for-vaishno-devi-pilgrims\/"},"modified":"2002-11-23T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2002-11-23T12:00:00","slug":"2002-11-23-helicopter-service-for-vaishno-devi-pilgrims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/2002\/11\/23\/2002-11-23-helicopter-service-for-vaishno-devi-pilgrims\/","title":{"rendered":"Helicopter Service for Vaishno Devi Pilgrims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/morenews\/showmorestory.asp?slug=Chopper+service+for+Vaishno+Devi+pilgrims&#038;id=32145\">GO TO SOURCE<\/A><\/P><br \/>\n<P><\/p>\n<p>JAMMU, INDIA, November 18, 2002: For hundreds of ailing or aging pilgrims unable to make it to the Vaishno Devi shrine near Jammu because of the difficult terrain, a new helicopter service is a perfect alternative. The helicopter service will be available from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., beginning November 19. The management says they hope to make a helicopter available every 15 minutes. The service will cost US$43 for a single journey and $86 for a round journey. &#8220;It was an enjoyable ride in the helicopter. All through we have had no problem. I am now planning to bring my mother who can&#8217;t walk up to the shrine,&#8221; said Anil Singh, the first passenger who used the new service. Many pilgrims prefer the traditional barefoot climb. But for those who would otherwise not make the pilgrimage, this is a welcome alternative.<br \/>\n<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GO TO SOURCE JAMMU, INDIA, November 18, 2002: For hundreds of ailing or aging pilgrims unable to make it to,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2610\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}