Amidst the shouts of bomb-bombs, the seventh batch of Amarnath pilgrims left for the holy cave from Jammu. ‘The seventh batch of 7541 pilgrims of Bomb Shri Amarnath Yatra left for the holy cave temple in South Kashmir Himalayas on Tuesday morning from the passenger residence in Bhagwati Nagar.
A new batch of more than 7,500 pilgrims for the Amarnath Cave Temple located at an altitude of 3,880 meters in the Himalayan region of South Kashmir left from Jammu late Monday night. Giving information, the officials said that a 38 -day pilgrimage started on July 3 from two routes of the valley.
The first route is the 48 km long traditional Nunwan-Pahalgam road in Anantnag district and the second route is a small but more steep climbing Baltal route in Ganderbal district. The journey will end on August 9.
Official sources said that the pilgrims left the Jammu base camp in a fleet of 309 vehicles. He said, “The seventh batch of 7541 pilgrims this morning left for the Sri Amarnath Yatra cave temple in Kashmir amidst tight security arrangements.
He said that since the commencement of the yatra, more than 94,000 pilgrims have visited the Amarnath cave temple. Officials said that the seventh batch of 7,541 pilgrims including 5,516 males and 1,765 women left for two base camps in 309 vehicles from Bhagwati Nagar base camp between 2.55 am on Monday night amid tight security arrangements.
He said that the first convoy about 3,321 pilgrims left for 148 vehicles for Baltal Marg, 14 km long but more sloping in Ganderbal district, after which the second convoy of 4,220 pilgrims in 161 vehicles left for 48 km long traditional Pahalgam route in Anantnag district.
He said that 4220 pilgrims left for Pahalgam and 3221 Baltal in a fleet of 309 vehicles including light motor vehicle and heavy motor vehicle. It is worth noting that Manoj Sinha, Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, flagged off the first batch of pilgrims from here on Wednesday.
On the spot, there is a huge crowd at the counter for registration, while the authorities have increased the number of counters from 12 to 15, as well as to reduce the crowd to 4,100 daily. More than 4,000 devotees from different parts of the country reached Jammu to register themselves. So far, more than 3.5 lakh people have registered online for pilgrimage.
34 housing centers have been set up across Jammu and ‘Radio Frequency Identification’ (RFID) tags are being released to pilgrims. 12 counters have been set up for registration on the spot. A total of 180 companies of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) have been deployed for the protection of pilgrims, which are 30 more than previous years.
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