SRINAGAR : Pilgrimage to the holy Amarnath is progressing smoothly as fresh batches of yatris today left Baltal and Nunwan Pahalgam base camps to pay obeisance at the cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas.
The sky is cloudy and there was rain late last night, a yatra official said this morning.
He said 1,528 pilgrims, including women and sadhus, paid obeisance at the cave shrine yesterday. With this, a total of 2,11,707 yatris had ”darshan” at the cave shrine since the commencement of the 48-day-long pilgrimage from July 2.
He said fresh batch of pilgrims left Baltal base camp for the cave shrine early this morning. The pilgrims are likely to reach the cave shrine later this afternoon after covering the hilly terrain on foot. Meanwhile, pilgrims who had ”darshan” at the cave shrine yesterday and stayed there have also started their return journey for Baltal base camp early this morning.
Another batch of pilgrims left Nunwan Pahalgam base camp, he said adding that the pilgrims will have night stay at Chandanwari, the last motorable halting station before starting journey to next halting station tomorrow morning.
Similarly pilgrims, who had a night halt at different halting stations on traditional Pahalgam route have also started their onward journey towards the cave shrine this morning. (AGENCIES)
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