SRINAGAR:Pilgrimage was going on smoothly to holy Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir Himlayas, where over 85,000 pilgrims have paid obeisance so far since the commencement of the 59-day-long yatra from July 2.
Fresh batches of yatris left Baltal and Nunwan Pahalgam base camps for the cave shrine, situated at 13,500 feet early this morning.
A Yatra Control Room (YCR) official told that the pilgrimage is going on smoothly from both shortest Baltal and traditional Pahalgam tracks and the weather was pleasant though the Meteorological department has predicted rain today. Yesterday, 19,512 pilgrims paid obeisance and had darshan of the self made Ice-Shivlingam.
On July 6, 20,822 pilgrims, highest number so far, paid obeisance. With this, a total of 85,007 yatris had darshan of the Ice-Shivlingam since the commencement of the yatra.
The pilgrims will have to cover the 14-km-long track on foot before reaching the cave today. Pilgrims, who had night halt at the cave shrine after having darshan yesterday, have also started their return journey through this shortest route. Similarly, a fresh batch of yatris left for Chandandwari, the last motorable halting station on the traditional 45-km-long track early this morning. Though some of the pilgrims will stay at Chandanwari, others will start their foot journey towards the next halting station on the track, which is still under snow at several places.
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