July 20, 2024 8:33 AM.
Another batch of 3471 pilgrims left Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas base camp in Jammu for the Kashmir valley to perform pilgrimage to Amarnath Cave Shrine amid tight security arrangements.
The pilgrims left the base camp in a cavalcade of 114 vehicles early this morning. Of these 1073 pilgrims left for Baltal base camp and 2398 for Pahalgam base camp from where they will proceed for their further journey to the holy cave.
An official said the 22nd batch of pilgrims left the twin base camps in Baltal and Nunwan to start their journey to the 3880-metre-high cave shrine in the south Kashmir Himalayas.
The yatris who left from Jammu on Saturday morning towards the valley included 2620 men, 720 women, three children, 93 sadhus and 34 sadhvis besides one transgender. Of the yatris, 1073 pilgrims left for the cave shrine through Baltal track and 2398 yatris through Pahalgam axis in 35 and 79 vehicles respectively.