Jammu: As many as 1,767 pilgrims today left the base camp here for Amarnath yatra to pay obeisance at the cave shrine in South Kashmir.
The latest batch, comprising 1,266 men, 346 women, 150 sages and other, left in a cavalcade of 57 vehicles from Bhagwati Nagar base camp at 5.15 AM, a police official said.
More than 71,000 people have paid obeisance at the cave shrine in Kashmir Himalayas till last night.
With today’s batch, 11,772 pilgrims have left from the Jammu base camp for the pilgrimage, the official said.
PTI