Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, July 30: Amid tight security, a batch of 558 pilgrims today left for the cave shrine of Amarnath in the south Kashmir Himalayas. Over 3 lakh pilgrims have paid obeisance at the cave shrine during this year's pilgrimage. The batch of 432 men, 74 women, two children and 50 sadhus left in a motorcade of 16 vehicles from Bhagwati Nagar base camp here at 4.55 AM, a police official said. Amid tight security arrangements made by CRPF, the convoy has already crossed Patnitop on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway. With today's batch, as many as 44,606 pilgrims have so far left from the Jammu base camp for the shrine. |
