Jammu:
A fresh batch of 3,114 pilgrims on Saturday, left for their onward journey to cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir Himalayas.
The batch comprising 2,087 men, 724 women, 83 children and 220 sadhus left in a fleet of 111 vehicles from Bagwati Nagar base camp here around 0400 hours, an official said.
The cavalcade of vehicles, along with security cover, reached Ramban by 11am, they said, adding the pilgrims were expected to reach base camps at Baltal and Pahalgam by Saturday evening.
As many as 29,810 pilgrims from different parts of the country left from here to the cave shrine of Amarnath since the commencement of yatra on June 30.
The batch comprising 2,087 men, 724 women, 83 children and 220 sadhus left in a fleet of 111 vehicles from Bagwati Nagar base camp here around 0400 hours, an official said.
The cavalcade of vehicles, along with security cover, reached Ramban by 11am, they said, adding the pilgrims were expected to reach base camps at Baltal and Pahalgam by Saturday evening.
As many as 29,810 pilgrims from different parts of the country left from here to the cave shrine of Amarnath since the commencement of yatra on June 30.
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