Another batch of devotees leave for Amarnath

JAMMU :  Amid tight security, the 22nd batch of pilgrims today left for the Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas from here.
As many as 1,765 pilgrims, including 1244 men, 409 women and 20 children, left from the Bhagwati Nagar base camp in Jammu in a cavalcade of 62 vehicles at 4:25 AM, police said.
The convoy has already crossed Kud on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway and would reach their destinations at Baltal and Pahalgam base camps by this evening, they said.
With today’s batch, a total of 41,023 pilgrims have so far left from the Jammu base camp for the Amarnath shrine. (AGENCIES)