4,822 Hindu Indian pilgrims leave Jammu as Amarnath Yatra begins
Jammu: In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, the annual Amarnath Yatra commenced as 4,822 pilgrims left for the twin base camps of Baltal and Pahalgam in a convoy of 259 vehicles.
According to Kashmir Media Service, of the total, 2,510 pilgrims are travelling via the traditional 48-km Pahalgam route in south Kashmir’s Islamabad district, while 2,312 have opted for the shorter but steeper 14-km Baltal route in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district.
The first batch comprises 3,707 men, 816 women, 16 children, 246 sadhus and 37 sadhvis, officials said.
The pilgrims travelled in a convoy of 259 vehicles, passing through the Navyug Tunnel in Qazigund before reaching their respective base camps at Baltal in Ganderbal and Nunwan in Pahalgam.
