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At least 27 Amarnath Yatris have Died In the Ongoing Yatra

INDIA
July 18 A 61-year-old woman, pilgrim from Maharashtra, died in the hospital today after being hit by a vehicle near the Saraswati Dham railway station on July 15. She was identified as Gaya Bhai Kaile. She succumbed to injuries last evening, the officials said. On the other hand, 18th batch of ''yatris'' with 1,983 pilgrims left Jammu today to join the annual Amarnath Yatra under tight security, officials said. The 60-day yatra to the cave shrine, located at an altitude of 3,880 metres in the south Kashmir Himalayas, began on the twin routes of Baltal in Ganderbal and Pahalgam in Islamabad district on June 28. Over two lakh Hindu pilgrims had paid their obeisance at the cave shrine till last evening. The "yatra" is scheduled to end on August 26. The report said that she w...

Amarnath Update- Second Group of Pilgrims Leave from Base Camps

INDIA
June 27 The Annual Hindu Pilgrimage, Amarnath Yatra began on Thursday amid light rainfall in the Kashmir valley with the second batch of 3,425 pilgrims leaving from here for two base camps in the Kashmir Valley. The Yatris left in two groups: The first group of Yatris left Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas at 3.55 a.m. in an escorted convoy for Baltal base camp and the other group left at 4.20 a.m. for Pahalgam base camp. "The second batch of 3,425 pilgrims includes 2,679 males, 592 females, three children and 151 Sadhus," police officials said. The 60-day long Amarnath Yatra will end on August 26. The MET department has forecast occasional rain and thunder showers along both the Baltal and Pahalgam routes to the cave shrine on Thursday.