Srinagar, Aug 4 : The annual yatra was progressing smoothly to holy Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir, where so far 2.70 lakh pilgrims have paid obeisance since the commencement of the 60-day-long holy journey which started from June 28 and will conclude on August 26.
On Friday, 1848 pilgrims visited the holy cave. However, pilgrims, who had a night halt at different halting stations, are reaching holy cave since early Saturday.
So far over 2.70 lakh pilgrims had ‘darshan’ of the self made Ice-Shivlingam. Majority of the pilgrims had returned to their homes. However, 31 pilgrims and five sevadars have died during the pilgrimage due to health reasons and accidents.
According to the sources, a fresh batch of pilgrims , including women and sadhus, left Baltal base camp for the holy cave shrine. The pilgrims after covering the 14-km-long hilly track are expected to reach the holy cave in the afternoon to pay obeisance. The pilgrims who had a night halt at cave shrine after ‘darshan’, have also started their return journey towards Baltal base camp.
Similarly, a fresh batch of left Nunwan Pahalgam base camp for first halting station at Chandanwari on the traditional track, connected by road. A majority of the pilgrims continued their journey towards the next halting station as well, they said.
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