The pilgrims comprising 885 men, 291 women, 27 children and 290 sadhus left in a cavalcade of 48 vehicles from Bhagwati Nagar base camp in Jammu at around 0500 hours for the 3,888- metre-high holy cave, officials said.
With today's batch, as many as 86,268 pilgrims have left Jammu for their onward journey to Amarnath shrine.
