6,500 Amarnath Yatris leave from Jammu, Sara Ali Khan pays obeisance

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Srinagar: Actor Sara Ali Khan undertook the Amarnath Yatra to pay obeisance at the holy cave shrine in the south Kashmir Himalayas, officials said on Thursday.

Sara, daughter of actors Saif Ali Khan and Amrita Singh, undertook the yatra from the Baltal axis, they said.
On Wednesday, the 27-year-old actor visited the Sonamarg resort on the way to Baltal in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district and enjoyed the breathtaking

views at the Thajwas glacier.
Sara clicked pictures with local children and also had tea at a temporary shelter. She later shared the photos of her visit on Instagram.
“When the soul is content and the hamstrings are sore. Bakri se phir bacchon se ki dosti. And then we had the chai I adore (sic),” she wrote in the caption.
The officials said the “Zara Hatke Zara Bachke” actor also visited the Martand sun temple in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district before embarking on the yatra.
Meanwhile, amid tight security, a fresh batch of over 6,500 pilgrims left the base camp this morning for the Amarnath shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas.
While 3,746 pilgrims, who are headed for Pahalgam, left in a convoy of 165 vehicles, another convoy of 97 vehicles carrying 2,777 pilgrims left for the Baltal base camp. Another batch of 4,900 pilgrims, which had a night halt at Chanderkot in Ramban district due to closure of Jammu-Srinagar national highway, left this morning for Amarnath, officials said.
The 62-day annual pilgrimage to the 3,888-metre-high cave shrine commenced from the twin tracks of Pahalgam in Anantnag district and Baltal in Ganderbal district on July 1. The yatra is scheduled to conclude on August 31.