Amarnath Yatra 2024: Advance registration for annual pilgrimage begins
India | Apr 15, 2024, 07:39 AM 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.
Amarnath Yatra 2024: Like every year, these soldiers will be deployed at marked places on both routes of the holy cave at the 3,880-metre-high holy cave shrine. He also said that devotees can travel without any hassle as his team will provide them with complete facilities.
Amarnath yatra 2023: Over 4.4 lakh pilgrims have so far paid obeisance at the shrine since the commencement of the 62-day yatra from the twin tracks- traditional 48-km Pahalgam track in Anantnag district and shorter 14-km Baltal route in Ganderbal district- on July 1.
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.
Before the start of the Amarnath Yatra, an officer of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) who was on duty there died at Sonamarg in the Ganderbal district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Jammu and Kashmir: The first batch of Amarnath Yatra pilgrims have left for Pahalgam and Baltal from the Jammu base camp Yatri Niwas.
The annual pilgrimage to the Amarnath shrine, located at a height of 3,880 metres in the south Kashmir Himalayas, will begin on July 1 and continue till August 31.
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.
The number of pilgrims visiting the cave shrine is drastically falling as the yatra is inching towards its conclusion and also due to bad weather conditions, officials said.
Amarnath Yatra 2022: Heavy rains in the high mountains around the Holy Cave during Amarnath Yatra 2022 have triggered floods in water body and surrounding springs.
Amarnath Yatra 2022: Around 1,35,585 pilgrims have left from the Bhagwati Nagar base camp for the Valley since June 29, the day the first batch of pilgrims was flagged off by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha.
Amarnath Yatra 2022: On Friday, another batch of 5,461 Yatris left Jammu camp in two escorted convoys for the Valley. Of these, 3486 are going to Pahalgam base camp while 1975 are going to Baltal base camp.
Amarnath Yatra: Earlier, the yatra was stopped following heavy rainfall on July 5 and after a cloudburst on July 8 this year.
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: Flash flood near the cave shrine on Friday (July 8) killed at least 16 people and injured around 37 while 15,000 were rescued safely.
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.
Due to bad weather along both Baltal and Pahalgam routes, no movement of pilgrims will be allowed from either side towards the cave shrine today (July 6), officials said, adding that the pilgrims will not move towards the Valley from Jammu.
"Another batch of 6,351 Yatris left Bhagwati Nagar base camp in Jammu today in two escorted convoys to perform the Yatra. Of these, 2,028 are going to Baltal base camp while 4,323 are going to Pahalgam base camp," sources 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.
The Yatra will begin on June 30 and end on August 11 2022.
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