Machail

 temple, village, taluka headquarter

Tehsil Machail, District Kishtwar, Jammu Kashmir, Bharat.

Machail Mata Shrine
This village has Goddess Durga shrine. Thousands of people visit the shrine every year; mainly from Jammu region as of now.
The pilgrimage happens in the month of August only, every year.
The shrine was discovered in 1987 by Thakur Kulveer Singh of Bhaderwah, Jammu region. From that year onwards, every year people visit the shrine every year. There are lot of supernatural happennings that the pilgrims experience and report.
To reach the shrine, lot of travel agents arrange buses from Jammu / Udhampur / Ramnagar / Bhaderwah. One can hire a cab as well. It takes approximately 10 hours by road from Jammu to Gulabgarh. The Gulabgarh is the base camp.
From Gulabgarh, the foot journey starts, that is 32 kms. Usually people take 2 days to reach the shrine by foot. On the way there are many villages, where one can stay in the night.
Other mean of reaching the shrine is by helicopter from Jammu / Gulabgarh. The helipad is only 100 mtr from the shrine. But if someone goes by helipcopter, he will be missing many scenic beauties of the nature.