915 pilgrims leave Jammu base camp for Amarnath cave shrine
Jammu, Aug 12 (PTI) After a one-day break, a fresh batch of 915 pilgrims left the Bhagwati Nagar base camp here for Kashmir on Saturday to undertake the annual Amarnath pilgrimage, officials said.
The pilgrims left in a convoy of 33 vehicles between 3:30 am and 3:45 am amid tight security, they said.
While 675 pilgrims, including 97 women, 25 sadhus and three sadhvis, are headed to the Pahalgam base camp in Anantnag district, 240 devotees are on their way to the Baltal base camp in Ganderbal district, they said.
