JAMMU: A contemporary batch of one,179 pilgrims - the smallest batch because the Amarnath yatra started - left the base camp right here nowadays for the cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas.
The selection of pilgrims turning up for the yearly pilgrimage has shown a decline, officials mentioned.
The 60-day yatra commenced from the dual routes of Baltal in Ganderbal and Pahalgam in Anantnag districts on June 28 and over 2.30 lakh pilgrims have paid obeisance on the shrine, housing the naturally formed ice-shivlingam, until final evening.
The 22th batch comprising 1,179 pilgrims including 248 ladies and 47 'sadhus' left in a convoy of 41 vehicles and two motorcycles under tight security from the Bhagwati Nagar base camp in the early hours nowadays, officials mentioned.
They mentioned this used to be the smallest batch of pilgrims leaving for the dual base camps in the valley from right here because the graduation of the yatra.
While 797 pilgrims are heading for the Nunwan base camp to adopt the yatra from the standard 36-km Pahalgam track, 382 pilgrims are heading for Baltal base camp after opting for the 12-km shorter path to the shrine, the officials mentioned.
A complete of 2.6 lakh pilgrims introduced prayers on the shrine final year.
The selection of pilgrims visiting the shrine generally comes down all through the later part of the yatra owing to melting of the ice-lingam on the shrine however this time the yatra has witnessed common disruptions because of inclement weather which has pressured authorities to suspend the yatra several times previously 24 days.
The MET place of business has predicted another spell of wet weather throughout Jammu and Kashmir until Wednesday.
The selection of pilgrims turning up for the yearly pilgrimage has shown a decline, officials mentioned.
The 60-day yatra commenced from the dual routes of Baltal in Ganderbal and Pahalgam in Anantnag districts on June 28 and over 2.30 lakh pilgrims have paid obeisance on the shrine, housing the naturally formed ice-shivlingam, until final evening.
The 22th batch comprising 1,179 pilgrims including 248 ladies and 47 'sadhus' left in a convoy of 41 vehicles and two motorcycles under tight security from the Bhagwati Nagar base camp in the early hours nowadays, officials mentioned.
They mentioned this used to be the smallest batch of pilgrims leaving for the dual base camps in the valley from right here because the graduation of the yatra.
While 797 pilgrims are heading for the Nunwan base camp to adopt the yatra from the standard 36-km Pahalgam track, 382 pilgrims are heading for Baltal base camp after opting for the 12-km shorter path to the shrine, the officials mentioned.
A complete of 2.6 lakh pilgrims introduced prayers on the shrine final year.
The selection of pilgrims visiting the shrine generally comes down all through the later part of the yatra owing to melting of the ice-lingam on the shrine however this time the yatra has witnessed common disruptions because of inclement weather which has pressured authorities to suspend the yatra several times previously 24 days.
The MET place of business has predicted another spell of wet weather throughout Jammu and Kashmir until Wednesday.
1,179 pilgrims, the smallest batch ever, leave for Amarnath shrine
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