Amarnath yatra culminates as Shiva’s Holy Mace reaches the cave shrine
The 62-day long Amarnath yatra on the mountains of South Kashmir drew to a close on Thursday with the silver…
The 62-day long Amarnath yatra on the mountains of South Kashmir drew to a close on Thursday with the silver…
Due to a considerable fall in the number of pilgrims, the J&K Administration on Sunday announced the temporary suspension of…
Since the annual pilgrimage started on July 1, over 4.30 lakh Yatris have performed the yatra.
After remaining suspended for a day, an escorted convoy of 1,626 pilgrims left Jammu to perform the ongoing Amarnath Yatra on Sunday.
Pilgrims continued to perform the ongoing Amarnath Yatra as another batch of 1,181 Yatris left Jammu for Kashmir on Friday.
On the 32nd day of the ongoing Amarnath Yatra, over 4,000 pilgrims had ‘darshan’ inside the cave shrine on Tuesday as the total number crossed 4 lakhs.
Officials said since this year's Amarnath Yatra started on July 1, more than 3.77 lakh people have performed the pilgrimage so far.
This year's 62-day long Amarnath Yatra started on July 1 and will end on August 31 coinciding with the Shravan Purnima festival.
Some pilgrims and ponywalas received "minor" injuries in the incident that occurred last week.
The Additional Director General of Police (ADGP), Kashmir, Vijay Kumar clarified that there was no incident of stone pelting on Amarnath pilgrims and the video clip of stone pelting that had gone viral is "misleading" and "baseless", with the intension to "malign the image of" Jammu and Kashmir Police.
