JAMMU, August 4, 2013: A batch of 217 pilgrims on Sunday left the Jammu base camp for the holy cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir.


A convoy of eight vehicles carrying the 38th batch of 217 devotees left the Yatri Niwas at Bhagwati Nagar around 4.40am to pay obeisance at the holy cave shrine, police said. 

The batch, comprising 135 men, 31 women and a child, besides 74 sadhus, was on its way to twin base camps of Pahalagam and Baltal, they added. 

With Sunday's batch, a total of 50,983 pilgrims have left the Jammu base camp for Amarnath so far. 

Meanwhile, a batch of 288 pilgrims left in nine vehicles from Bhagwati Nagar base camp in Jammu city for the Buddha Amarnath Yatra.

Source: The Times of India, DT. August 4, 2013.