JAMMU: The 7th batch of 2,125 pilgrims today left for Amarnath cave shrine in South Kashmir Himalayas from Jammu base camp amid tight security.
A convoy of 65 vehicles carrying 2,125 devotees left from Bhagwati Nagar base camp in Jammu at around 4.00 AM towards Amarnath to pay obeisance at the holy cave shrine, police said here today.
The 7th batch of pilgrims which included 1,511 men, 491 women, 23 children apart from 100 sadhus and sadhvis are onway to twin base camps of Pahalgam and Baltal in Kashmir
Valley.
The convoy has already crossed Chenani in Udhampur district on Jammu-Srinagar National highway towards base camp of Baltal in Kashmir valley.
With today's batch, as many as 9,869 pilgrims have left from Jammu for their onward journey to the cave shrine of Amarnath, since the annual yatra began on June 28 from shorter
Baltal route.
The yatra to the Holy Cave Shrine from the traditional Pahalgam route began yesterday and till date over 61,000 yatris have had the darshan of Ice Lingam.