JAMMU A fresh batch of 1,753 pilgrims, including 369 women and 50 sadhus, left the base camp in Jammu to join the ongoing yatra to the 3,880-metre high holy cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir Himalayas, they said.
They said the pilgrims left in a convoy of 56 vehicles under tight security.
While 1,152 pilgrims, including 175 women and 50 sadhus, opted for the traditional 36-km Pahalgam track, 601 pilgrims are performing the yatra via the shortest 12-km Baltal route, the officials said.
The 60-day yatra began from the twin routes of Baltal in Ganderbal district and Pahalgam in Anantnag district on June 28 and is scheduled to conclude on August 26 coinciding with ‘Raksha Bandhan’ festival.
A group of 7,665 pilgrims paid obeisance at the cave shrine yesterday, taking the number of pilgrims who had the ‘darshan’ of the naturally formed ice-shivlingam till last evening to more than 2.16 lakh. (PTI)
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