5909 Amirnath Pilgrims leaves for Kashmir valley

Jammu, 02 July, (HS): Amidst tight security arrangements the third batch of 5,909 Shri Amarnath pilgrims left the Jammu base camp for Kashmir Valley today.

According to police sources, the batch comprising of 4,663 men, 1,118 women and 128 Sadhus and Sadhvis’ left the Bhagwati Nagar Base camp for Baltal and Pahalgam around 4 am this morning.

The pilgrims left the basecamp in a cavaclade of 243 light and heavy vehicles escorted by security forces. So far 12,560 pilgrims have left for the Yatra to the South Himalyan cave shrine since Sunday.