A fresh batch of over 9,200 pilgrims, the largest so far, left the base camp here in the early hours of Thursday for the Amarnath shrine in south Kas🎶hmir Himalayas.
While 𓃲6,035 pilgrims left in a convoy of 194 vehicles for Pahalgam, another convoy of 112 vehicles carrying 3,206 pilgrims left for the Baltal base camp at 3.30 am. With this, a total of 65,544 pilgrims have left the Jammu base camp for the valley 🌜since June 30.
A total to 1,46,508 pilgrims have offered prayers at the shrine si♒nce July 1. The 62-day annual pilgrimage to the 3,888-metre-high cave shrine commenced from the twin tracks of Pahalgam in Anantna൲g district and Baltal in Ganderbal district on July 1.
The yatra is scheduled to conclude on August 31.