The pilgrims comprising 1,392 men, 367 women, 39 children and 198 'sadhus' left in a cavalcade of 60 vehicles from Bhagwati Nagar base camp in Jammu at around 0500 hours for Amarnath.
The convoy of yatra has already crossed Chanderkote on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway towards base camps of Pahalgam in Kashmir Valley.
With today's batch, as many as 80,646 pilgrims have left Jammu for their onward journey to the cave shrine.