SRINAGAR : Undeterred by rain since early this morning, fresh batches of pilgrims left Baltal and Nunwan Pahalgam base camps for the holy Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas, where so far over 2.09 lakh pilgrims had paid obeisance since the commencement of the 48-day-long pilgrimage since July 2.
It was raining since early this morning on both shortest Baltal and traditional Pahalgam tracks, a yatra official said.
He said pilgrims were paying obeisance since early this morning at the cave shrine.Yesterday, 2,512 yatris, including women and sadhus, paid obeisance at Amarnath.
He said despite rain, fresh batch of pilgrims, including women and sadhus left Baltal base camp for the cave shrine after overnight stay at the base camp. The yatris are likely to reach the cave shrine after covering the hilly terrain on foot this afternoon.
Meanwhile, pilgrims, who had paid obeisance and stayed at the cave shrine for the night halt, have also started their return journey early this morning.
Another batch of pilgrims left Nunwan Pahalgam base camp for Chandanwari, the last motorable halting station on the traditional track early this morning. Meanwhile, after night halt at Chandanwari, the pilgrims will start their onward journey towards the cave shrine early in the morning tomorrow.
The pilgrims, who had night halt at different halting stations on traditional track, have also started their journey towards the cave shrine this morning. (AGENCIES)
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