Fresh batch of pilgrims leave for Amarnath Yatra from Jammu

Fresh batch of pilgrims leave for Amarnath Yatra from Jammu
Fresh batch of pilgrims leave for Amarnath Yatra from Jammu

JAMMU:  With only six days left for the conclusion of this year’s Amarnath Yatra, a fresh batch of 121 pilgrims today left for the twin base camps of Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas amidst tight security.

The batch comprising 74 men, 10 women and 37 sadhus left in four vehicles from the Bhagwati Nagar base camp in Jammu for Pahalgam and Baltal in Kashmir this morning, a police officer said.

Yesterday 197 pilgrims paid obeisance at the cave shrine.

Till date, 2,19,294 people have visited the shrine since the annual pilgrimage started from Jammu on July 1.

The Yatra will conclude on August 18. (AGENCIES)

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