JAMMU: A 56-year-old sadhu died because of illness whilst a recent batch of over 1,200 pilgrims left Jammu nowadays for the holy cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir Himalayas, officers mentioned.
The sadhu, Omeshanand from West Bengal, fell unwell at Ram Mandir in Jammu the day gone by and used to be shifted to Government Medical College where he died within the evening, they mentioned.
Sadhus from across the nation stay at the temple earlier than and after paying obeisance at the 3,880-metre top shrine, housing the naturally shaped ice-shivlingam.
It used to be not in an instant clear whether Omeshanand had performed the yatra, the officers mentioned.
Braving heavy rains which lashed many parts of Jammu ultimate night time, a recent batch of 1,282 pilgrims, including 266 girls and 87 sadhus, left the Bhagwati Nagar base camp right here for Kashmir within the early hours nowadays.
The pilgrims travelling in a convoy of 44 vehicle below tight security are anticipated to reach the twin base camps of Pahalgam in Anantnag district and Baltal in Ganderbal district later within the day, the officers mentioned.
They mentioned whilst 868 pilgrims including 129 girls and 87 sadhus opted for the standard 36-km Pahalgam observe, 414 pilgrims including 137 girls are performing the yatra in the course of the shorter 12-km Baltal observe.
The 60-day yatra commenced from the twin routes of Pahalgam and Baltal on June 28 and is scheduled to conclude on August 26, coinciding with "Raksha Bandhan".
Till ultimate evening, a complete of two,40,536 yatris had visited the cave shrine.
The sadhu, Omeshanand from West Bengal, fell unwell at Ram Mandir in Jammu the day gone by and used to be shifted to Government Medical College where he died within the evening, they mentioned.
Sadhus from across the nation stay at the temple earlier than and after paying obeisance at the 3,880-metre top shrine, housing the naturally shaped ice-shivlingam.
It used to be not in an instant clear whether Omeshanand had performed the yatra, the officers mentioned.
Braving heavy rains which lashed many parts of Jammu ultimate night time, a recent batch of 1,282 pilgrims, including 266 girls and 87 sadhus, left the Bhagwati Nagar base camp right here for Kashmir within the early hours nowadays.
The pilgrims travelling in a convoy of 44 vehicle below tight security are anticipated to reach the twin base camps of Pahalgam in Anantnag district and Baltal in Ganderbal district later within the day, the officers mentioned.
They mentioned whilst 868 pilgrims including 129 girls and 87 sadhus opted for the standard 36-km Pahalgam observe, 414 pilgrims including 137 girls are performing the yatra in the course of the shorter 12-km Baltal observe.
The 60-day yatra commenced from the twin routes of Pahalgam and Baltal on June 28 and is scheduled to conclude on August 26, coinciding with "Raksha Bandhan".
Till ultimate evening, a complete of two,40,536 yatris had visited the cave shrine.
Sadhu dies from illness; another batch leaves Jammu for Amarnath
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