Relentless heavy rain led to a landslip on the route to the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine atop the Trikuta hill on Tuesday (August 26, 2025) afternoon, killing at least five people and injuring 14, officials said. Several people were feared trapped.

The pilgrimage to the famed shrine in Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi district was suspended when the mountainside literally gave way and stones, boulders and rocks came hurtling down around 3 p.m., catching people unawares.