18,354 yatris perform Darshan at Holy Cave; applaud security grid, Langer facilities, local support
STATE TIMES NEWS
SRINAGAR: As the Shri Amarnathji Yatra continues seamlessly and weather has been also blissful since the commencement of the pilgrimage, the yatries from every corner of the country flock to Kashmir to embark on the Darshan at the Holy Cave Shrine.
On Wednesday, 18354 pilgrims, who left towards the shrine, both from the Baltal Base Camp and Nunwan Base Camp, performed the Darshan. They included 12483 males, 5146 females, 457 children, 266 Sadhus and two Sadhvis.
Over 6,000 Amarnath pilgrims leave for Kashmir
JAMMU: The sixth batch of more than 6,000 Amarnath pilgrims left the Jammu city in the early hours of Tuesday for the twin base camps in Kashmir, officials said.
The 62-day annual pilgrimage to the 3,888-metre-high cave shrine in the south Kashmir Himalayas commenced from the twin tracks of Pahalgam in Anantnag district and Baltal in Ganderbal district on July 1.
The officials said the pilgrim footfall at the shrine is likely to cross the 50,000 mark later in the day as 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.
A total of 6,107 pilgrims, including 1,203 women, 193 seers and 31 children, left the Bhagwati Nagar base camp here for the valley in a convoy of 244 vehicles amid tight security arrangements in the early hours of Wednesday, they said.
The officials said 3,929 pilgrims, headed for Pahalgam, left in a convoy of 140 vehicles for the valley, while another convoy of 104 vehicles carrying 2,178 pilgrims was the first to leave for the Baltal base camp at 3.15 am.
With this, a total of 30,269 pilgrims have left the Jammu base camp for the valley since June 30, the day the first batch of pilgrims was flagged off by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha.
The yatra is scheduled to conclude on August 31.
The total number of yatries, who performed Darshan since the beginning, is 67566. More yatries will visit the shrine in coming days .
The pilgrims are being assisted during their entire journey by state agencies and civil departments by making all the essentials and facilities available to devotees.
All the departments including Police, SDRF, Army, Paramilitary, Health, PDD, PHE, ULB, Information, Labour, Fire and Emergency, Education, Animal Husbandry have saturated the overall requirements and arrangements of SANJY by deployment of their men and machinery.
Under the supervision of Camp Directors the entire facilities are extended to yatries including Langers, health facilities, assistance by service providers including ponywallas, pithuwalas, dandiwalas, sanitation, and other assistance.
Today, a pilgrim, who started his journey on bicycle from Madhya Pradesh on May 25, arrived at Shadipora transit camp. He was given a warm welcome by Camp Magistrate.
A family that has been on yatra, said that they received much affection from locals and best care from the administration. They said that they enjoyed visit and felt overwhelmed by the overall arrangements.
In case of any help, the government has established help desks at every Camp where they can avail any emergency help, an official handout stated.
