JAMMU: Amid heavy rains, more than 4,600 pilgrims left Jammu city in the early hours of Wednesday for the twin base camps in Kashmir to join the annual Amarnath Yatra, officials said.
This was the 13th batch of pilgrims that left the Bhagwati Nagar base camp here for Baltal and Pahalgam base camps in Kashmir.
The batch of 4,627 pilgrims left in 185 vehicles around 3 am amid chants of “Bum Bum Bholey”. They were escorted by a CRPF contingent amid area dominations by the Army, the officials said.
