Over 1.63 lakh devotees have performed Darshan at Amarnath Cave shrine since the commencement of the yatra, informed the officials. A fresh batch of over 6,600 pilgrims left the Jammu base camp on early Saturday.
“The first escorted convoy of 116 vehicles carrying 2,337 Yatris left at 2.50 A.M. for Baltal base camp, while the second escorted convoy of 161 vehicles carrying 4,302 Yatris left at 3.55 A.M. for Nunwan (Pahalgam) base camp,” officials said.
Authorities have made extensive multi-tier security arrangements for this year’s Yatra, keeping in mind the deadly 22 April Pahalgam terror attack in which terrorists shot dead 26 people, mostly tourists, in Baisaran meadow.
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Officials said that since the Yatra started on 3 July, so far over 1.63 lakh pilgrims had ‘darshan’ inside the holy cave shrine. Another batch of 6,600 Yatris left Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas in two escorted convoys for the Valley today.
The Yatra figures are set to cross the 1.70 lakh mark on the 10th day on Saturday, raising hopes for swelling numbers in the coming days. With this fresh departure, a total of over 76,000 pilgrims have left the Bhagwati Nagar base camp in Jammu for the Kashmir Valley since Wednesday, after the LG Manoj Sinha flagged off the yatra from Jammu.
So far, more than 3.5 lakh people have registered online for the pilgrimage, while the numbers are likely to surge in the coming days after the J&K administration established special counters for offline registration. Last year, more than 5.10 lakh Yatris paid obeisance at the cave shrine.
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