6th batch of 8,605 pilgrims leaves Bhagwati Nagar base camp for Amarnath Cave Shrine –

Under strict security arrangements, another batch of 8605  pilgrims, that is the 6th batch from Jammu, left Bhagwati Nagar  Yatri Niwas base camp for the Kashmir valley to perform pilgrimage to Amarnath Cave Shrine. The pilgrims left the base camp in a cavalcade of 372 vehicles early this morning. The batch included 6486 Men, 1826 Women, 42 Children, 216 Sadhus & 35 sadhvis. Of these, 3486 pilgrims left for the Baltal base camp and 5119 for the Pahalgam base camp, from where they will proceed for their further journey to the holy cave.