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July 21, 2023 8:28 AM

9th batch of 4600 pilgrims leaves for holy cave shrine of Amarnath from Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas

In Jammu and Kashmir, amid tight security arrangements, the 19th batch of over 4600 pilgrims left for the holy cave shrine of Amarnath from Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas, Jammu early morning today, July 21 for the twin base camps of Baltal and Pahalgam in Kashmir. So far, a total of 2,93,703 pilgrims have visited the Amarnath Cave Shrine since 1st of July. The 62-day annual pilgrimage is scheduled to conclude on the 31st of next month. The Yatra is progressing smoothly, with devotees from acro...

July 20, 2023 11:16 AM

18th batch of pilgrims left for holy cave shrine of Shri Amarnath Ji from Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas, Jammu

In Jammu and Kashmir, the 18th batch of over 6500 pilgrims left for the holy cave shrine of Shri Amarnath Ji from Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas, Jammu early today morning for the twin base camps of Baltal and Pahalgam in Kashmir. A total of 6523 pilgrims including 4745 Male, 1685 Female, 3 Children, 81 Sadhus and 9 Sadhvis left the Bhagwati Nagar base camp in Jammu for Kashmir valley in a cavalcade of 262 vehicles under tight security arrangements. Among them, 2777 pilgrims preferred ...

July 19, 2023 11:15 AM

17th batch of over 4900 pilgrims left for holy cave shrine of Shri Amarnath Ji from Jammu

In Jammu and Kashmir, amid tight security arrangements, the 17th batch of over 4900 pilgrims left for the holy cave shrine of Shri Amarnath Ji from Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas, Jammu early morning today from the twin base camps of Baltal and Pahalgam. The Yatra is progressing smoothly, with devotees from across the country thronging the base camps to have a glimpse of the naturally formed Ice-Shivlingam and offer their prayers....

July 12, 2023 1:17 PM

J&k: Amid tight security arrangements, 10th batch of over 7,800 Amarnath Yatra pilgrims left Jammu base camp

In Jammu and Kashmir, amid tight security arrangements, the 10th batch of over 7,800 Amarnath Yatra pilgrims left the Jammu base camp in the early hours today for the twin base camps of Baltal and Pahalgam in Kashmir. The pilgrims left the Bhagwati Nagar base camp in Jammu for Kashmir Valley in a convoy of 339 vehicles. 4,677 pilgrims are headed for Pahalgam in a convoy of 207 vehicles and 3,128 pilgrims left for the Baltal base camp in a convoy of 132 vehicles. With this, 56,303 pilgri...

July 6, 2023 11:17 AM

67,566 pilgrims visited Amarnath Ji cave shrine since commencement of Yatra

In Jammu and Kashmir, the 7th batch of over 6,500 Amarnath pilgrims left for twin base camps of Nunwan Pahalgam in Anantnag district and Baltal in Ganderbal district, under tight security arrangements early this morning from Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas. A total of 6554 pilgrims including 5053 males, 1375 females, 25 children, 95 Sadhus, and 6 Sadhvi left the Jammu base camp in a cavalcade of 272 vehicles amid tight security arrangements. 2690 pilgrims left via the base camp of Baltal in ...