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Another batch leaves for Amarnath

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Press Trust of India Jammu

The pilgrims comprising 3,010 men, 1154 women, 155 children and 151 'sadhus' left in a cavalcade of 148 vehicles from Bhagwati Nagar base camp in Jammu at around 0510 hours for Amarnath, official said.

The convoy has already crossed Batote on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway towards base camps in Pahalgam in Kashmir Valley.

With today's batch, as many as 32,242 pilgrims have left Jammu for their onward journey to the shrine.

  

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First Published: Jul 03 2012 | 11:35 AM IST

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