Over four lakh devotees perform ongoing Amarnath Yatra in 24 days
Over four lakh pilgrims have performed the ongoing Amarnath Yatra during the last 24 days as another batch of 2,484 devotees left Jammu for Kashmir on Tuesday.
Over four lakh pilgrims have performed the ongoing Amarnath Yatra during the last 24 days as another batch of 2,484 devotees left Jammu for Kashmir on Tuesday.
These are important rituals prior to the main course of annual pilgrimage of Chhari-Mubarak (Holy Mace of Lord Shiva) Swami Amarnath.
More than three lakh devotees performed the ongoing Amarnath Yatra during the last 16 days, as another batch of 4,875 Yatris left for the Valley on Monday, officials said.
During the last 15 days since it started on June 29, nearly three lakh devotees performed Amarnath Yatra as another batch of 4,889 enthusiastic pilgrims left for Kashmir valley on Sunday.
Wednesday's group of devotees had pilgrims in both camps -- the South Kashmir Nunwan (Pahalgam) base camp and the North Kashmir Baltal base camp.
Officials said that the movement of pilgrims from north Kashmir's Baltal base camp and from south Kashmir's Nunwan (Pahalgam) base camp has been temporarily halted due to heavy rain along the twin routes.
Indian Army jawans along with J&K Police persons attempted to slow down and finally stop the bus from plunging down into the gorge by placing stones beneath the tyres of the vehicle.
Officials added that the third batch of 6,619 Yatris left Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas in Jammu for the Valley in two escorted convoys of 319 vehicles on Sunday morning.
Pakistan-backed terrorists have been infiltrating through the Samba and Kathua sectors, where they have also built cross-border tunnels.
The heavily guarded convoy set off on the journey to its sacred destination amid chants of Vedic Mantras from Bhagwati Nagar base camp here.