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posted by: Pragati Pal
Last updated: Jul 02, 2023 at 10:05 am IST
Amarnath Yatra is a long-awaited pilgrimage to India. (File photo: Shutterstock)
A total of 12,807 pilgrims have so far performed the Hajj since June 30 when Governor Manoj Sinha announced the first batch.
A new batch of 4,903 pilgrims left the main camp here on Sunday to join the annual pilgrimage to the 3,880-meter-high Amarnath shrine in a cave in southern Kashmir in the Himalayas, officials said. With this, a total of 12,807 pilgrims have so far performed the Hajj since June 30 when Governor Manoj Sinha halted the first batch.
More than 8,000 pilgrims offered prayers at the shrine on the first day of the 62-day yatra which started from both twin tracks – the traditional 48 km Noonwan Pahalgam route in Anantnag district and the shorter but steep 14 km Paltal route. In Ganderbal district on Saturday.
Officials said 2,557 devotees, including 379 women and 226 sadhus, left in 104 vehicles for Pahalgam, while 2,346 pilgrims left in a convoy of 131 vehicles for Paltal base camp early in the day. More than 3.5 lakh have registered themselves online for Hajj so far.
(This story was not edited by the News18 staff and was published from a syndicated news agency feed – PTI)
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