The number of pilgrims who have paid obedience at Amarnath shrine in Pahalgam so far crossed 1.5 lakh mark in first 12 days. Till Friday night, 1,57,062 pilgrims had offered prayers at the cave shrine.
On the 12th day of the ongoing pilgrimage today, 13,004Yatris paid obeisance at the cave shrine.
Earlier, a batch of 5,395 pilgrims left Jammu for theAmarnath Yatra. They left the Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas in two escortedconvoys of vehicles and headed to the Baltal and Pahalgam base camps, anofficial said.
He said that of these, 1,966 pilgrims are going to Baltalbase camp while 3,429 are going to Pahalgam base camp.
The 45-day long annual Amarnath Yatra which started on July1 has been going on smoothly. Though the pilgrimage was halted on July 8 fromJammu after officials did not allow any convoy of pilgrims to leave BhagwatiNagar base camp as precautionary measure in wake of strike in the Valley,marking the third death anniversary of former Hizbul Mujahideen commanderBurhan Wani, but pilgrims proceeds normally from two routes, Baltal andPahalgam, towards the cave.The pilgrimage will end on August 15, coincidingwith the Shravan Purnima festival.