Avtar Bhat JAMMU, July 20: On the 21st day of darshan, over 11,000 pilgrims drawn from different parts of the country today paid obeisance at holy cave of Baba Amarnath Ji situated at an altitude of 3880 metres above the sea level in snow bound Himalayas in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district. As per officials, 11,755 pilgrims today visited the cave shrine from twin tracks of Baltal and Chandanwari and performed darshan of naturally formed Ice Lingam by this evening. With […]
The Kashmir traffic police, in an advisory, have said the movement of pilgrims and tourists, other than the convoys being escorted by security men, is allowed only from 7 am to 6 pm. Advising visitors to plan their travel accordingly, the police say that in case anyone fails to reach his destination
SRINAGAR, July 3: Five pilgrims have died since the commencement of the Amarnath Yatra this year, even as over 40,000 devotees have so far visited the holy cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas, officials said on Sunday. A pilgrim by the name Virinder Gupta is missing from the yatra’s Chandanwari-Sheshnag route, they said. Of the five deceased, three passed away due to cardiac arrests: Jai Prakash from Delhi died at Chandanwari, Devender Tayal (53) from Bareily collapsed at Lower Cave […]
Five pilgrims have died since the commencement of the Amarnath Yatra this year, even as over 40,000 devotees have so far visited the holy cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas, officials said on Sunday.
LG admires contribution of J&K people Avtar Bhat JAMMU, July 3: While over 17,000 yatris performed darshan at holy cave of Lord Shiva in South Kashmir Himalayas by this evening, a fresh batch of 8700 pilgrims left Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas, here for twin base camps of Baltal in Central Kashmir district of Ganderbal and Nunwan and Pahalgam in South Kashmir district of Anantnag while Lt Governor Manoj Sinha lauded the role of people of Jammu and Kashmir in making […]