Nearly 70,000 perform Amarnath Yatra in four days

Nearly 70,000 devotees performed the Amarnath Yatra in the last four days as another batch of 8,605 pilgrims left for the Kashmir Valley on Monday, an official said.

According to officials, nearly 70,000 people have performed the ongoing Shri Amarnath ji Yatra so far since it started on July 3. Of these 21,512 Yatris had ‘Darshan’ inside the holy cave shrine on Sunday.

Officials said that another batch of 8,605 Yatris left Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas in Jammu for the Kashmir Valley in two escorted convoys on Monday.

“The first escorted convoy is carrying 3,486 pilgrims to north Kashmir Baltal base camp while the second escorted convoy is carrying 5,119 Yatris to south Kashmir Nunwan (Pahalgam) base camp,” officials said.