Amarnath Yatra begins, first batch of pilgrims leave for cave shrine
The Hindu
Annual Amarnath Yatra begins with first batch of pilgrims leaving twin base camps for 3880-metre-high cave shrine.
The annual Amarnath Yatra began on Saturday June 29, 2024, as the first 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, officials said.
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The yatra started early morning from the twin tracks ¬ the traditional 48-km Nunwan-Pahalgam route and the 14-km Baltal route.
The officials said the batches of pilgrims on the twin routes were flagged off by the respective deputy commissioners along with senior police and civil administration officials.
Jammu and KashmirLieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha had flagged off the first batch of 4,603 pilgrims from the Yatri Niwas base camp in Bhagwati Nagar in Jammu on Friday morning.
The pilgrims reached the Kashmir Valley in the afternoon and received a rousing welcome from the administration and locals.
The pilgrims will pay obeisance at the cave shrine which houses the naturally formed ice-lingam.
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