Updated On: 19 July, 2023 12:04 PM IST | ronak mastakar
Braving heavy rains, a fresh batch of over 4,900 pilgrims left the base camp in Jammu on Wednesday for the Amarnath shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas (Pics/PTI)

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Jammu is witnessing heavy rains since early morning
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While 2,566 pilgrims, headed for Pahalgam, left in a convoy of 107 vehicles for the valley, another convoy of 81 vehicles carrying 2,354 pilgrims left for the Baltal base camp

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With this, a total of 104,658 pilgrims have left the Jammu base camp for the valley since June 30 when the first batch of devotees began the yatra
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The 62-day annual pilgrimage to the 3,888-metre-high shrine commenced from the twin tracks of Pahalgam in Anantnag district and Baltal in Ganderbal district on July 1. Over 2.40 lakh devotees have paid obeisance so far

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The yatra is scheduled to conclude on August 31
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