Amid tight security, the sixth batch of over 6,300 Amarnath pilgrims on Tuesday left for the 3,880-meter-high cave shrine of Amarnath ༒in south Kashmir, officials said๊. A total of 6,351 pilgrims left the Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas here in a convoy of 239 vehicles amid heavy security of CRPF, the officials said.
Of these, 4,864 are ma✃les, 1,284 females, 56 children, 127 sadhus, 19 sadhvis, and one transgender, they said.
Officials report that 2,028 pilgrims heading for Baltal base camp were the first to leave in 88 v🌞ehicles around 3.35 am followed by the second convoy of 151 vehicles carrying 4,323 pilgrims for Pahalgam camp in Kashmir.
The annual 43-day pilgrimage commenced on Ju💃ne 30 from the twin base camps -- Nunwan in Pahalgam of south Kashmir's Anantnag and Baltal camp in central Kashmir's Ganderbal di♔strict.
Till today, over 72,000 pilgrims had offered their prayers at the cave shrine, housing the naturally formed ice-Shivlin𓄧gam, the officials said. The Yatra is scheduled to end on August 11 on the occasion of Raksha B🌄andhan.
