Amarnath Cave Shrine

Over 237,000 people have performed the Amarnath Yatra since the past 23 days as another batch of 7,053 pilgrims left Jammu for the valley on Saturday

Over 2 lakh pilgrims performed the Amarnath Yatra in 20 days as another batch of 4,355 pilgrims left Jammu for the Valley on Wednesday

The 20th batch of over 4,800 Amarnath pilgrims left the base camp here for the twin base camps of the 3,880-metre-high cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir Himalayas on Tuesday, officials said

The 18th batch of over 5,200 Amarnath pilgrims left from here on Sunday for twin base camps in south Kashmir Himalayas for 3,880-metre-high cave shrine of Amarnath

Six pilgrims and one pony driver died of natural causes during the Amarnath Yatra in the last 36 hours, taking the overall death toll in the ongoing pilgrimage to 49, officials said on Saturday

Since the commencement of Amarnath yatra on June 30, as many as 164,024 people have completed, including 12,000 who paid obeisance at the cave shrine on Friday: Officials

Amarnath Yatra, which was partially suspended after a cloudburst incident, will resume on Monday from the Nunwan Pahalgam side, informed the Shri Amarnath Ji Shrine Board

The Indian Air Force said it deployed eight helicopters as part of the rescue and relief operations following the cloudburst incident near the Amarnath cave shrine

The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister questioned the decision to set up tents and "langar" (community kitchen) at such a vulnerable area.

Amid tight security, the eighth batch of over 5,700 pilgrims left from here on Thursday for the twin base camps of 3,880-metre-high cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir Himalayas, officials said

Amid tight security arrangements, the 4th batch of 6,113 pilgrims, including 1,292 women, left the Bhagwati Nagar base camp here to pay obeisance at the 3,880-metre-high holy cave shrine of Amarnath

India is hailing Amarnath Yatra to a holy cave high in the snow-capped mountains of contested Kashmir as an example of communal harmony

The NGT earlier said that declaring the area around the Amarnath cave shrine a "silence zone" would be helpful in preventing avalanches