SRINAGAR, Aug 2 : Undeterred by rain and cloudy weather, fresh batches of pilgrims left Baltal and Nunwan Pahalgam base camps for the Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas,where over 3.18 yatris had paid obeisance since the commencement of the annual yatra from July 2.
The number of yatris, however, have started decreasing now as lowest number of 2753 pilgrims paid their obeisance since the commencement of the 59-day-long yatra which will conclude on August 29, Raksha bandban. A Yatra Control Room (YCR) official said that about 600 pilgrims, including women, sadhus and children, left Baltal base camp for the holy cave shrine despite wet weather. Yesterday 2,753 yatris paid obeisance at the holy cave. With this a total of 3,18,037 had paid obeisance so far. |
