In 1996, McDonald’s open their first outlet in India for the very first time and now after 16 years, McDonald’s are planning to open the first Vegetarian Only Outlet in India. Yes, World’s First Vegetarian Only McDonald’s Outlet will be Opened at Vaishno Devi, Katra, India. Mcdonald’s are the world’s second-largest restaurant chain and they will open their first vegetarian-only McDonald’s restaurant at the foothills of the Vaishno Devi shrine at Katra in Jammu & Kashmir, next year. So what if its American fans say ‘holy cow!’ and faint if they walk in.

McDonald’s opened their 1st ever outlet in Jammu and Kashmir last month in August at Residency Road, Jammu City. Now they are going to open 5 more outlet in the state.

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News are also out that After Vaishno Devi, McDonald’s plans to open another pure vegetarian outlet near the Golden Temple in Amritsar.McDonald’s has 33,000 outlets across 119 countries, serving 69 million customers everyday, but nowhere else has McDonald’s been so flexible with its menu as in India.

Bakshi, who has undertaken several pilgrimages to Vaishno Devi, says there is no organised restaurant there to serve the 1 million pilgrims visiting the shrine every year. “Every time I go there, my resolve (to open a restaurant there) becomes stronger,” he says. McDonald’s has signed up a property at Katra. It opened its first outlet in Jammu last month, thus creating the necessary supply chain in the region.

McDonald’s Katra outlet may by a culture shock for its fans, but it’s not the first global chain to open pure-vegetarian outlets to woo spiritual Indians.