JAMMU : The 36th batch of 507 pilgrims today left for the Amarnath yatra from here amid tight security, police said. As many as 321 men, 77 women, 10 children and 99 sadhus left from the Bhagwati Nagar base camp here around 0500 hours this morning in a cavalcade of 16 vehicles for the 13,500-feet high cave shrine situated in south Kashmir Himalayas.
With today’s batch, as many as 77,666 pilgrims have left Jammu in 36th batches for their onward journey to the cave shrine. Meanwhile, third batch of 916 pilgrims today left from here to Budha Amarnath in Mandi tehsil of Poonch district.
The batch comprising 588 male, 311 females and 17 children left in a fleet of 24 vehicles from the base camp at Bhagwati Nagar around 0545 hours this morning, police said, adding the pilgrims have crossed SunderBani area of Rajouri district. (AGENCIES)
(Courtesy : Daily Excelsior, 4/8/2011)
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