Over 10,000 pilgrims had ‘darshan’ inside the holy cave on the 22nd day of Amarnath Yatra as another batch of 3691 Yatris left Jammu for the Valley on Sunday.
Officials said, :On the 22nd day of the Yatra on Saturday, 10,544 Yatris had darshan inside the holy cave while another batch of 3,691 pilgrims left Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas in Jammu in an escorted convoy for the Valley.
“Of these 3691 pilgrims, 2700 are male, 874 female, 23 children, 64 Sadhus, 28 Sadhvis and two transgenders.
“Since its beginning on July 1, a total of 3,17,898 pilgrims have performed the Yatra this year.”
Two Yatris belonging to Rajasthan died on Saturday of natural causes taking the number of pilgrims killed during the Yatra so far to 36, officials said.
Yatris approach the Himalayan cave shrine either from the traditional south Kashmir Pahalgam route which involves an uphill trek of 43 kilometres from Pahalgam base camp or from the north Kashmir Baltal base camp which involves 13 Km uphill trek.
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