Over 13,000 performed Amarnath Yatra on the 24th day as another batch of 3,025 Yatris left Jammu for Kashmir on Tuesday.
“Over 13,000 Yatris had ‘darshan’ inside the holy cave on 24th day of the Yatra on Monday while another batch of 3,025 pilgrims left Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas in Jammu in an escorted convoy for the Valley today.
“Of these 3025 pilgrims, 2272 are male, 696 are female, four children, 48 Sadhus and five Sadhvis.
“Since it started on July 1, so far 3.64 lakh people have performed this year’s Amarnath Yatra,” officials said.
During this year’s Amarnath Yatra, 36 pilgrims have died so far.
Yatris approach the Himalayan cave shrine either from the traditional south Kashmir Pahalgam route which involves an uphill trek of 43 kilometres from Pahalgam base camp or from the north Kashmir Baltal base camp which involves 13 Kms uphill trek.
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