Ahmedabad is a beautiful city with a combination of many historical and religious places. If you are exploring Ahmedabad then do visit the popular Vaishno Devi Temple situated here. It has become now a trend when people couldn’t go to far reaching religious shrines then people start creating them nearby in order to satisfy their religious thirst. Vaishno Devi is one of the most popular Hindu Goddess and her shrine is actually located at the tough heights of Jammu and Kashmir. It is most of the times not possible for everyone to reach there and thus the need to have shrine nearby at an approachable distance and location comes to the mind. The replicas of such shrines fulfil dreams of many devotees and visitors who couldn’t visit the actual shrine. The beautiful Vaishno Devi Shrine in Ahmedabad is the replica of the Vaishno Devi Temple in Jammu Kashmir in North India.This temple is being built on the Ahmedabad Gandhinagar Road. The strategic location of the temple attracts hundreds of devotees as well as visitors. The main deity in the temple is Goddess Vaishno Devi. Easily accessibility to this holy shrine is the only difference between the two temples, the actual Vaishno Devi and the Replica. While climbing this holy pilgrimage the same feel you get as you are climbing the original shrine in Jammu & Kashmir. People worship here just like the Vaishno Devi temple. There are many garden restaurants on the way to climbing the hills. It is a perfect place for an entire family outing along with religious fulfilment. The holy Vaishno Devi Temple is famous among the local population and you will find good number of head counts every day and on weekends especially devotees and visitors lined up to worship the Goddess. The place is given similar appearance like Vaishno Devi to create the same feeling. The flags on the top of the temples are visible clearly from the bottom of the hills.It may take days to reach the original Vaishno Devi Pilgrimage but you can reach here in few hours to get blessings of the Goddess. During Navratri time the place comes alive with spectacular decoration and bright lightings. The huge crowd of devotees to get the glimpse of Goddess and offer coconut, chunri (clothing), fruits, rice and other items is quite common. One needs to avoid hot summer season when the temperature goes around 35o c to 45o c. Rainy season is also good but winters are best to explore the largest city of Ahmedabad when temperature is around 30o c. From October to March is the best time to visit the temple and other places of interest in the city as the climate is cool and dry this time. There is no entry fee is charged here. The timings are from 5 am to 10 pm every day. Ahmedabad city is just 23 kilometres away from the temple. It is really a spiritual and pleasant experience to visit the Vaishno Devi Temple in Ahmedabad.Ruchi Mahajan