487 pilgrims left for Amarnath

Jammu, Aug 5 (UNI) A batch of 487 pilgrims, the lowest number in this year ,today left for Pahalgam and Baltal base camps from where they will move towards the holy cave shrine of Amarnath in South Kashmir, official sources said.

The 35th batch, comprising 188 men, 43 women and 250 sadhus, left from the base camp of MAM stadium this morning at 0505 hrs under tight security, officials said.

The pilgrims left in 11 buses and a light motor vehicles from here and reached Nanwan base camp in Phalgam from where they would start trekking towards the holy shrine of Shri Amarnath tomorrow morning.

The 27th batch of 595 persons is the second lowest number of pilgrims who left for Amarnath on July 29 sources said adding that with today's convoy, the 35th this year, a total of 50,709 pilgrims have left for the holy shrine from the Jammu base camp since July 2, sources added.

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