The batch which included 1,705 men, 561 women, 52 children and 97 sadhus left in a cavalcade of 60 vehicles from Bhagwati Nagar base camp here at 4:47 AM today, a police official said.
The convoy for the yatra has already reached Patnitop on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway.
With today's batch, as many as 29,513 pilgrims have so far left from Jammu base camp for Amarnath shrine.