India, Feb. 1 -- A unique museum dedicated exclusively to goddesses, showcasing replicas and representations of major devi pilgrimage sites from across the country, is proposed to be established at Katra, the base camp of Mata Vaishno Devi in Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi district.

Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said experts have already been engaged for the project and expressed confidence that work would commence soon. "The country's first International Museum of Goddess is set to come up in Katra. I am confident that Katra, and the nation as a whole, will take pride in this initiative," he said.

Katra hosts the revered cave shrine of Mata Vaishno Devi in the Trikuta hills, which draws nearly 80 to 90 lakh pilgrims every year from India ...