Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday trekked 14-km stretch from Katra to the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine in Jammu.

Mobbed by media persons, he refused to talk about politics. "I have come here to offer prayers to the Mata (mother goddess). I don't want to make any political comments here," Rahul Gandhi said.

He had expressed a desire to pay obeisance at the shrine many years ago, according to Jammu and Kashmir Congress Chief Ghulam Ahmed Mir.

Many years ago, Rahul Gandhi's grandmother and former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi too had visited the shrine.

The picture of Indira Gandhi in the holy cave went viral soon after Rahul Gandhi visited the shrine on Thursday.