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Fresh batch of 530 pilgrims leave for Amarnath

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Press Trust of India Jammu
Last Updated : Jan 20 2013 | 4:33 AM IST

The pilgrims comprising 401 men, 122 women and 7 children left in a cavalcade of 27 vehicles from Bhagwati Nagar base camp in Jammu at around 0555 hours for Amarnath.

The convoy of yatra has already crossed Chenani on Jammu-Srinagar National highway towards base camps of Pahalgam in Kashmir valley.

With today's batch, as many as 90,548 pilgrims have left Jammu for their onward journey to the cave shrine.

Meanwhile, the sixth batch of 702 pilgrims in a cavalcade of 18 vehicles has left for the holy shrine of Buddha Amarnath, situated in the border district of Poonch, from the Bhagwati Nagar base camp in the Jammu city.

  

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First Published: Jul 26 2012 | 9:35 AM IST

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