Next 3,800 Pilgrims Leave Jammu For Amarnath Yatra

Nearly 1.2 lakh pilgrims have so far left…

 On Monday, 24 July 2023, in tight security, the 22nd batch of 3,898 pilgrims left the base camp for the Amarnath Yatra for the twin base camps of the cave shrine, officials said.

More than 3.25 lakh pilgrims have so far prayed at the cave shrine located at a height of 3,888 metres since the commencement of the annual pilgrimage from the twin tracks of Pahalgam in Anantnag and Baltal in Ganderbal districts on July 1.

A total of 3,898 pilgrims, 2,898 are males, 898 are females, 90 seers, and 12 children left the Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas here in a convoy of 149 vehicles amid heavy security of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), the officials said.

They said 1,292 pilgrims heading for Baltal were the first to leave the Bhagwati Nagar camp in 50 vehicles.

After that, a second convoy of 99 vehicles carrying 2,606 pilgrims for Pahalgam will move ahead.

More than 1.2 lakh pilgrims have so far left the Bhagwati Nagar camp for the Amarnath Yatra since June 29, the day the first batch of pilgrims was flagged off by Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha.