The 36th batch of pilgrims, including 150 men and 37 women, left from the Bhagwati Nagar base camp in Jammu in a cavalcade of six vehicles at 4:10 AM, police said.
The batch which left today was the smallest so far.
The convoy has already crossed Patnitop on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway and would reach their destinations at Baltal and Pahalgam base camps by this evening, they said.
With today's batch, a total of 53,149 pilgrims have so far left from the Jammu base camp for the Amarnath shrine.