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The annual 62-day pilgrimage to the 3,888-meter-high cave-shrine in southern Kashmir in the Himalayas has begun. (File photo: Shutterstock)
Cardiac arrest resulting from low oxygen concentration at high altitudes is one of the most common causes of death among Amarnath pilgrims and the security forces deployed there.
Two more pilgrims in Amarnath have died, officials said Saturday, bringing the death toll during this year’s hajj in southern Kashmir in the Himalayas to 36.
The two pilgrims belonged to Rajasthan.
They are identified as Phateh Lal Manaria (died in the sacred cave) and Mangi Lal (died in Baltal base camp). Both officials said they were both 60 years old.
They added that while Manaria died of a heart attack, Lal’s cause of death had been ascertained.
These two deaths brought the death toll during the yatra so far this year to 36.
Cardiac arrest caused by low oxygen concentration at high altitudes is one of the most common causes of death among Amarnath pilgrims and the security forces deployed there.
So far, more than three pilgrims have visited the cave shrine to look at the natural ice lingam formation.
The annual 62-day pilgrimage to the 3,888-meter-high cave shrine in southern Kashmir in the Himalayas started from the twin trails of Pahalgam in Anantnag district and Paltalal in Ganderpal district on July 1.
(This story was not edited by the News18 staff and was published from a syndicated news agency feed – PTI)
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