Updated On: 02 August, 2023 01:02 PM IST | ronak mastakar
A batch of 984 pilgrims left the Bhagwati Nagar camp in Jammu on Wednesday for the twin base camps in Kashmir to undertake the onward journey to the 3,880-metre-high Amarnath cave shrine (Pics/PTI)

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Over 4 lakh devotees have so far paid obeisance at the shrine since the beginning of the 62-day-long annual pilgrimage on July 1
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The yatra will conclude on August 31

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Of the 984 pilgrims in this smallest batch to leave the Bhagwati Nagar camp, 498 are performing the yatra through the traditional 48-km Pahalgam track in the Anantnag district while 486 are heading for the 14-km Baltal route in Ganderbal district, officials said
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With this, over 1.41 lakh pilgrims have left the Jammu base camp for the valley

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The yatra is scheduled to conclude on August 31
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