Srinagar, July 13: Fresh batches of yatris this morning left base camps from the holy cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas, where so far 1. 68 lakh pilgrims have paid obeisance since the commencement of the 40-day-long annual pilgrimage from June 29.
As many as 3,403 pilgrims, including women and sadhus, left Bhagwati Nagar, Jammu base camp for Baltal and Nunwan Pahalgam base camps early this morning, a yatra official said.
The yatra was progressing smoothly from both shortest Baltal and traditional Pahalgam tracks despite cloudy sky, he said.
He said on the 14th day of yatra yesterday, 10,319 pilgrims paid obeisance at the cave shrine from both tracks.
Fresh batch of pilgrims leave for Amarnath cave
