Shri Mata Vaishno Devi resides in a Cave located in Trikuta mountain, 12 km from Katra. The holy Cave of the Mother is situated at an altitude of 5,200 feet. When you go into the holy Cave you are greeted with three natural rock formations call the Pindies.

The goddess Vaishnavi Devi was formed from the combined energies of Goddess Mahakali, mahalakshmi and Mahasaraswati to rid the earth of doom. The collective energies of the three Goddesses, emerged as eight-armed Goddess, riding on a lion. She destroyed the demons that were on earth. Mata Vaishno Devi was born to Ratnakar Sagar in South of India. Her parents were childless for several years. As a child she was named Trikuta. She was immersed in devotional service of Lord Vishnu and when she was marriageable age, she left home to perform intense austerities to win Lord Vishnu as her husband.

Years passed, and as an answer to her prayers, Lord Vishnu appeared to her in the form of Lord Rama, during his search of Sita (During Ramayana). Trikuta was distraught, so Lord Rama promised her that he would return to her one day. The legend, goes on to say Lord Rama returned to her as an old man and asked her to marry her, however, not recognizing that it was Lord Vishnu, she refused. Due to her penance, Lord Rama granted her the boon, in his incarnation as Kalki during Kaliguya, he would marry her and asked her to wait on the Trikuta mountain. She continued her meditation and moved from place to place which threatened the local Tantrik. He sent his disciple Bhairon Nath to find out about her, but he fell in love with her and stalked her. To escape his unwanted attention, she entered a cave and continued her meditation.  Bhairon Nath discovered her, she severed off Bhairon Nath’s head with her sword. After this episode she reentered the cave and assumed the form of three rocks in order to continue uninterrupted meditation until She becomes one with the Lord. Millions of devotees go every year to get her blessings. Ganga flows through this cave so that the devotees can clean their feet before entering the cave.