The Amarnath yatra remained suspended from the Bhagwati Nagar base camp here for the second day on Sunday owing to a sharp decline in the arrival of pilgrims, officials said.
The batch of 843 pilgrims -- 780 men, 69 women and 14 children -- left in 17 vehicles from the Bhagwati Nagar base camp in Jammu for the shrine amid tight security.
The first batch of 1,056 pilgrims on Friday left the Bhagwati Nagar base camp in Jammu for the Budhha Amarnath shrine in Poonch district, police said.
Amid tight security, the 8th batch of over 890 pilgrims left Jammu on Friday for Buddha Amarnath shrine in Poonch district, officials said.
The temple of Baba Buddha Amarnath dedicated to Lord Shiva is also known as Chattani Baba Amarnath temple and is located 290 kilometres North-West of Jammu. Standing 4,600 feet above sea level, the shrine is located amid...
Half of the pilgrims who left for the Amarnath shrine from Bhagwati Nagar base camp were made to return following instances of landslides and highway closures.
The Buddha Amarnath Yatra resumed on July 29 after a gap of two years as the pilgrimage remained suspended for two years due to the Covid pandemic.
Braving heavy rains, a fresh batch of over 4,703 Amarnath Yatra pilgrims left the Bhagwati Nagar base camp here for the twin base camps of Baltal and Pahalgam in central Kashmir's Ganderbal district on Thursday, officials...
1,846 pilgrims heading for Baltal were the first to leave the Bhagwati Nagar camp in 72 vehicles followed by the second convoy of 94 vehicles carrying 2,509...
The 18th batch of over 5,200 Amarnath pilgrims left from here on Sunday for twin base camps in south Kashmir Himalayas for the 3,880-metre-high cave shrine...
About 84 pilgrims from various parts of Andhra Pradesh, who went on the Amarnath yatra, were reported safe while only two women still remained untraced on...
The state government reported at least five pilgrims, including two women, from Andhra Pradesh missing in the cloudburst and flash flood near the holy Amaranth...
A total of 5,726 pilgrims left the Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas here in a convoy of 242 vehicles amid heavy security of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).
Officials said that the fifth batch of over 8,700 Amarnath pilgrims on Sunday left a base camp here for the shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas.
The CRPF has set up 'Madadgar' booths across Jammu And Kashmir in order to assist the Amarnath pilgrims as they set on their 43-day annual pilgrimage on...
Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has flagged off the first batch of pilgrims for the annual Amarnath Yatra from the Bhagwati Nagar base camp in the Jammu city.
