Fresh batch of 1,832 pilgrims leave for Amarnath

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The Hindu Pilgrims on their way to Amarnath Cave shrine on June 29, 2011. Photo: Nissar Ahmad.

A fresh lot of 1,832 pilgrims left for the Amarnath yatra from Jammu on Tuesday amid tight security, police said.

As many as 1,137 men, 374 women and 19 children apart from 302 sadhus left from the Bhagwati Nagar base camp in Jammu in a cavalcade of 63 vehicles for the 13,500-feet high cave shrine situated in south Kashmir Himalayas.

With Tuesday’s batch, as many as 59,332 pilgrims have left Jammu in 20 batches for their onward journey to the cave shrine.

Keywords: Jammu and Kashmir, Amarnath Yatra, Pilgrims

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