Katra Town, lying in the foot of Trikuta Mountains is 48 km away from Jammu. It serves as the base camp for visiting the world famous shrine of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi. Every year, more than 4.5 million pilgrims pass through Katra on their way to the holy shrine.

Katra has all types of vegetarian restaurants and dining places. Being a religious place, almost all these restaurants and catering outlets provide pure vegetarian food to the pilgrims in which even onion and garlic is not used. Pilgrims are also requested to preserve and uphold the sanctity of the Holy place and desist from demanding non vegetarian meals or alcohol from any outlets.