Srinagar: Over 8,400 pilgrims on Sunday paid obeisance to Lord Shiva at the holy cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir Himalayas, taking the total number of yatris to 3.77 lakh, officials said.
A total of 8405 pilgrims had darshan at the 3800-metre high holy cave shrine on Sunday, the officials said.
They said the yatris included 6,198 men, 1,483 women, 90 children, 66 sadhus, three sadhvis, and 565 security forces personnel.
So far, a total of 3,77,080 yatris have visited the cave shrine since the yatra started on July 3, the officials added.
Meanwhile, the 25th batch of 2,197 pilgrims, including 365 women, left the Bhagwati Nagar base camp here on Sunday to pay obeisance at the holy Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas, officials said.
The pilgrims, including 49 sadhus and 10 sadhvis, left for the twin base camps of Nunwan-Pahalgam in Anantnag and Baltal in Ganderbal in separate convoys under tight security arrangements in the early hours of the day, they said.
While 1,624 pilgrims are heading for Pahalgam base camp in a convoy of 62 vehicles, 573 pilgrims onboard 38 vehicles have preferred the Baltal route, officials said.
The 38-day annual pilgrimage to the 3,880-metre high cave shrine started from the two routes on July 3 and is scheduled to end on August 9, coinciding with the Raksha Bandhan festival.
Over 3.70 lakh pilgrims have so far visited the shrine.
