By road232 km
Driving time5 h 15 min
Straight line156 km
Main highwaysNH44, NH154
Dharamshala and Vaishno Devi are 232 km apart by road. Plan for roughly 5 h 15 min behind the wheel, more on Navratri, the New Year week and summer holidays, when the last stretch slows down.
Route on the map
By road
Expect 232 km on the odometer and close to 5 h 15 min on the road. Leave early on Navratri, the New Year week and summer holidays: parking fills up fast and police divert traffic away from the temple lanes.
By train
The temple has no station of its own. The nearest railhead is Katra (SVDK), 1.7 km from the temple, with shared jeeps, buses and taxis for the last leg. Check current trains from Dharamshala on IRCTC.
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Other routes
- Amritsar to Vaishno Devi237 km · 4 h 55 min
- Jalandhar to Vaishno Devi266 km · 4 h 50 min
- Ludhiana to Vaishno Devi318 km · 5 h 35 min
- Srinagar to Vaishno Devi319 km · 5 h 35 min
- Pathankot to Vaishno Devi145 km · 2 h 55 min
- Shiv Khori to Vaishno Devi72.9 km · 1 h 20 min
- Chandigarh to Vaishno Devi393 km · 6 h 55 min
- Jammu to Vaishno Devi42 km · 50 min
Road distances and driving times are calculated from OpenStreetMap road data; driving times include a margin for Indian road conditions and are estimates, not guarantees.