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Fresh Batch of pilgrims leave for Amarnath

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Jammu: Amid tight security, a fresh batch of 1,350 pilgrims on Sunday left for the Amarnath cave shrine situated in South Kashmir Himalayas.

The pilgrims comprising 979 men, 212 women, 18 children and 141 sadhus left in a cavalcade of 53 vehicles from Bhagwati Nagar base camp in Jammu at around 0500 hours for Amarnath.

The convoy of yatra has already crossed Chanderkote on Jammu-Srinagar National highway towards base camps of Pahalgam in Kashmir valley.

With on Sunday’s batch, as many as 87,618 pilgrims have left Jammu for their onward journey to the cave shrine. Meanwhile, the third batch of 785 pilgrims has left for the holy shrine of Buddha Amarnath, situated in the border district of Poonch, from the Bhagwati Nagar base camp in the Jammu city. (PTI)

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