Shah Rukh Khan wears teeka in never-before-seen footage from a recent visit to the Vaishno Devi shrine

New footage of actor Shah Rukh Khan's visit to the Vaishno Devi shrine has surfaced online.

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The actor visited the shrine on Sunday night around midnight, hours before the release of Besharam Rang,

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the first song from his upcoming film Pathaan, his first in four years.

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Shah Rukh Khan Visits Vaishno Devi Shrine Ahead Of Pathaan Music Release

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and posing with two children. The actor wears a dark sweatshirt, jeans and a hat.

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He also wears a teeka on his forehead, a sign of his visit to the popular pilgrimage site of Jammu and Kashmir.

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Videos shared by fans showed him walking with other pilgrims, surrounded by security.

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Many fans praised the actor's incognito gesture despite being surrounded by security personnel.

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Many said this was the actor's second pilgrimage this month. In early December, Shah Rukh clicked on Mecca by turning up for Umrah.

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