Second batch of 1,525 pilgrims leave for Amarnath yatra

July 02, 2015 11:11

The second batch of 1,525 pilgrims today left from the base camp in Jammu to the holy cave shrine of Amarnath in South Kashmir Himalayas amid tight security. The trek will take 59 days.

The batch, consisting of 1,074 male, 236 female, 7 children and 208 sadhus, left in a cavalcade of 47 vehicles from Bhagwati Nagar base camp at 5:15 am today, a police official said.

The convoy for the yatra has already crossed Patnitop on Jammu-Srinagar National highway and would reach its destination at Baltal and Pahalgam base camps by this evening, he added. With today's batch, as many as 2,805 pilgrims have so far left from the Jammu base camp for the Amarnath cave shrine.

Operation Shiva comprising 7,500 army personnel has been set up to provide security to those devotees taking part in the Amarnath Yatra.

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