Amarnath Yatra 2024: Advance registration for annual pilgrimage begins
India | April 15, 2024 7:39 ISTMeanwhile, officials are working to ensure a safer and more comfortable journey for Amarnathji yatra 2024 devotees.
Meanwhile, officials are working to ensure a safer and more comfortable journey for Amarnathji yatra 2024 devotees.
Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah raised 'environment' concerns over the construction of motorable road up to Amarnath shrine. He said the project would hurt the environment around the holy shrine.
Amarnath Yatra 2023: The Centre revoked Article 370 granting special status to Jammu and Kashmir and bifurcated the erstwhile state into two Union territories- J-K and Ladakh- on August 5, 2019.
Amarnath Yatra 2023: The 62-day pilgrimage was flagged off by Deputy Commissioner, Ganderbal, Shyambir, along with senior officials of the Shri Amarnath Ji Shrine Board and the police, at the Baltal base camp.
Amarnath Yatra 2022: On August 2, Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant-Governor Manoj Sinha had appealed to the Amarnath pilgrims to visit the cave shrine before August 5 in view of a forecast of inclement weather and more rains.
Amarnath Yatra 2022: Yatris use either the shorter Baltal route or the longer traditional Pahalgam route to reach the cave shrine situated at 3888 metres above the sea level in Kashmir Himalayas.
Amarnath Yatra: Earlier, due to bad weather along both Baltal and Pahalgam routes, no movement of pilgrims was allowed from either side towards the cave shrine and the pilgrims were not allowed to move towards the Valley from Jammu.
A total of 7,282 pilgrims left the Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas here in a convoy of 332 vehicles amid heavy security of CRPF, the officials said.
Amarnath pilgrims camping in Jammu have welcomed the facility and said that this will enable them to remain connected with their families back home.
Due to a sudden increase in temperature on the Baltal route, bridges at the Kalimata were washed away resulting in swelling of Nalas on the Baltal route on the intervening night of June 30 and July 1.
A cloudburst occurred near the Amarnath cave Wednesday afternoon. No loss of life or injuries have been reported so far.
On the occasion of Ashaad Purnima, Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, GC Murmu, performed “Pratham Aarti” of the ice stalagmite at the holy cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir on Sunday morning.
Amarnath Yatra: A batch of 4,722 pilgrims left Jammu on Friday to perform the Amarnath Yatra as 50,483 devotees completed 'darshan' at the cave shrine till Thursday. While 2,147 pilgrims left the Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas in an escorted convoy for the Baltal base camp, 2,575 proceeded to Pahalgam, police said.
A total of 2,234 pilgrims, including 17 children, reached the base camps of Nunwan-Pahalgam and Baltal on Sunday as part of the first batch of this year's yatra.
As per the orders by NGT, there should be no ringing of bells in the cave temple. Moreover, devotees cannot chant mantras or ‘jaykaras’ in the Amarnath cave.
Jammu: The 34th batch of pilgrims left for the Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas from here on Wednesday.As many as 409 pilgrims, including 255 men, 55 women and two children left from the
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