For efficiency as well as ease of devotees visiting Shri Mata Vaishno Devi, facilities like yatra parchi, yatra registration slip are now available online. The official website of shrine, maintained by shrine board, allows simple and convenient methods to take care of necessary bookings like Yatra Slip and other bookings like room, poojan & helicopter bookings.

The process is very simple; register as devotee on website, enter desirable ID and password. This task can be accomplished through registration link or through Devotee Zone at home page of the site. Once you have successfully registered, simply open the site again and login using ID and password. Click Mata Ka Bulawa and on the page that appears, enter the date you prefer. Check for the availability, if you A, then there is availability else not. In case of A, proceed with the details and then add your credit card information as asked. In case of successful acceptance, you will be informed.

When this entire process is complete, your booking is done. If you wish to cross-check the status of your booking, whether it is successful or failed, simply login and see the details of all the transactions made by you. Failed transactions are not mentioned and hence, you will know if you successfully booked or no.

The parchi provided after successful booking can be printed and kept and you will not need any other parchi as it is valid for whole one day. You can also obtain offline yatra parchi for free at Yatra Registration Counter located at Katra near bus stand. However, with the ease offered by online booking, there may probably be no need to look out for offline yatra parchi.

Do not forget to take the print out of your online parchi and secure it properly until you cross the check posts.