1,632 pilgrims leave for Amarnath
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1,632 pilgrims leave for Amarnath
Jammu July 21 (IANS) A batch of 1 632 pilgrims left Jammu on Saturday to perform the Amarnath Yatra.
They left the Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas in two batches of 1 011 and 621. The first one headed to Pahalgam base camp and the other to the Baltal one in escorted convoys.
A total of 2 24 340 pilgrims have performed the Yatra since it started on June 28. Over 7 000 pilgrims paid their obeisance on Thursday.
Except for the vagaries of weather triggering a landslide in which four pilgrims were killed the 2018 Yatra has been proceeding normally.
The pilgrimage will end on August 26 coinciding with the Shravan Purnima festival.
--IANS
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They left the Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas in two batches of 1 011 and 621. The first one headed to Pahalgam base camp and the other to the Baltal one in escorted convoys.
A total of 2 24 340 pilgrims have performed the Yatra since it started on June 28. Over 7 000 pilgrims paid their obeisance on Thursday.
Except for the vagaries of weather triggering a landslide in which four pilgrims were killed the 2018 Yatra has been proceeding normally.
The pilgrimage will end on August 26 coinciding with the Shravan Purnima festival.
--IANS
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