Another batch of over 1400 pilgrims leaves Jammu for Amarnath Yatra
JAMMU, Jul 29 (PTI): The 27th batch of 1490 pilgrims left Jammu on Monday for the twin base camps of 3, 880-meter-high cave shrine of Amarnath in the south Kashmir Himalayas amid tight security arrangements.
More than 3.86 lakh pilgrims paid obeisance at ‘ice lingum’ of Lord Shiva at the cave shrine since the 38-day pilgrimage commenced on July 3 from the valley.
The 27th batch of pilgrims, which included 1,262 men, 186 women, 42 sadhus and sadhvis, left the Bhagwati Nagar base camp here in 61 vehicles for the twin base camps in Kashmir between 3:25 am and 3.57 am escorted by CRPF and police personnel, officials said.
