Amarnath Pilgrims

Uttarakhand's Kedarnath Dham to open for all devotees on April 25

"Devotees will also be able to reach Kedarnath Dham by helicopter, in addition to walking," the officials on Kedarnath Dham

Special attention to be paid to hilly areas: CM Dhami instructs officials

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has instructed officials for the overall development of the state and stated that special attention should be paid to the development

Amid decline in arrival of devotees, Amarnath yatra remains suspended

The Amarnath yatra remained suspended from the Bhagwati Nagar base camp here for the second day on Sunday owing to a sharp decline in the arrival of pilgrims, officials said

235,000 people perform Amarnath yatra in 23 days, another batch leaves

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

Rain, highway blockage halt pilgrim movement towards Amarnath for the day

The authorities on Friday stopped a batch of Amarnath Yatra pilgrims in Jammu due to blockade of Jammu-Srinagar highway

4,703 pilgrims leave Jammu for Amaranth, 219,000 perform yatra in 21 days

Over 219,000 have performed the ongoing Amarnath Yatra during the last 21 days after it started on June 30 while another batch of 4,703 pilgrims left Jammu for the Valley on Thursday

Over 200,000 pilgrims perform Amarnath Yatra in 20 days, 4,355 en route

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

20th batch of 4,800 pilgrims leave for Amarnath cave shrine from Jammu

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

200,000 pilgrims perform Amarnath Yatra, over 15,000 have darshan in a day

Nearly two lakh pilgrims have performed the ongoing Amarnath Yatra

Batch of pilgrims leave for Amarnath base camp, 183,000 performs Yatra

More than 1.83 lakh pilgrims have performed the ongoing Amarnath Yatra in Srinagar so far, as another batch of 5,649 Yatris left Jammu on Monday for the Valley, officials said

Over 164,000 pilgrims performed ongoing Amarnath yatra, 5,838 en route

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

J&K Police chief visits Amarnath cave shrine, takes stock of arrangements

Jammu and Kashmir DGP Dilbag Singh on Friday visited the Amarnath cave shrine and the Panjtarni base camp to take stock of the arrangements in place for the ongoing annual pilgrimage.

Amarnath Yatra: 8 pilgrims die due to natural causes, toll climbs to 41

Eight pilgrims died due to natural causes in the last 36 hours during the ongoing Amarnath Yatra, taking the pilgrimage's death toll to 41, officials said on Thursday. The total includes 15 pilgrims who died in the flash flood triggered by a cloudburst near the cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas last week. The eight pilgrims who died were identified as Mongilal (52) from Rajasthan, Vriag Lal Hira Chand Vyas (57) from Gujarat, Basavaraja (68) from Karnataka, Pooniamoorthi (63) from Singapore, Kiran Chaturvedi from Maharashtra, Kalavala Suberamanyam (63) from Andhra Pradesh, Govind Sharan (34) from Uttar Pradesh, and Satveer Singh (70) from Haryana, the officials said. The annual Amarnath Yatra began on June 30 but was suspended following the flash flood on July 8. The pilgrimage resumed on July 11.

Amarnath Yatra temporarily suspended as rain lashes Kashmir valley

The officials said the yatra will resume after the weather improves

New batch of over 5,000 pilgrims leave Jammu camp for Amarnath shrine

Amid tight security, another batch of over 5,000 pilgrims on Thursday left the Bhagwati Nagar base camp to offer prayers at the 3,880-metre-high holy cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir Himalayas

Over 120,000 pilgrims complete Amarnath Yatra, 6,415 en route to valley

At least 16 people were killed in the flash flood while 15,000 were safely evacuated

Over 7,100 pilgrims leave for Amarnath cave shrine from base camp

Amarnath Yatra, which was resumed on Monday after a two-day suspension following flash flood near the cave shrine, continued on Tuesday

Initial response to Amarnath cloudburst kept death toll low: IAF officer

Air Commodore Mittal said a major part of the rescue and relief operations was over and the area should be good enough to be opened for normal activities in the next two days

39 Andhra Pradesh pilgrims traced, 13 still missing in Amarnath tragedy

The Andhra Pradesh Bhavan officials in New Delhi are making arrangements to bring back the pilgrims safely to their respective destinations

Amarnath Yatra to resume in J-K from Nunwan Pahalgam side after cloudburst

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