JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha on Friday flagged off the first batch of pilgrims embarking on the Amarnath Yatra from here to start this year’s 52-day-long pilgrimage to the Himalayan cave shrine. Amid the chanting of religious hymns, a batch of 4,603 pilgrims left Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas here in two […]
JAMMU — A total of 26 lodgement centres have been set up in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district for pilgrims who will undertake the annual Amarnath Yatra in south Kashmir Himalayas, officials said on Saturday. The 52-day pilgrimage to the 3,880-metre-high cave shrine will commence from twin tracks –the traditional 48-km Nunwan-Pahalgam route in Anantnag […]