05 August,2009 01:56 PM IST | | ANI
The sevenweek long annual Amaranath yatra is concluding today, with holy mace of Lord Shiva reaching the shrine from Panchtarni.
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On Tuesday, the holy mace, 'Charri Mubarak' was brought to Panchtarni from Sheshnag.
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Meanwhile, the last two batches of this year's pilgrimage, consisting ofu00a0 577 devotees from the Baltal routeu00a0 and 10 devotees from theu00a0 Pahalgam route have left for the 3,880-meter high shrine cave.
The yatra was conducted smoothly amidst high security. This year over 400,000 pilgrims visited the shrine.
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The Amarnath Shrine Board, the Jammu and Kashmir Government and security agencies monitored this year's pilgrimage.
