Jammu: Over 4.4 lakh Yatris performed the ongoing Amarnath Yatra over the last 28 days, and another batch of 1,771 pilgrims have left Jammu for Kashmir valley on Saturday.
Officials of Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB) headed by J&K Lt Governor Manoj Sinha manage the affairs of the annual pilgrimage.
Officials of SASB said that over 4.40 lakh pilgrims had ‘Darshan’ inside the holy cave shrine over the last 28 days since the Yatra started on June 29.
Over 8,000 Yatris had darshan on Friday.
Another batch of 1,771 Yatris left Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas in Jammu today at 3.25 a.m. in two escorted convoys for the Valley.
“The first convoy carrying 772 Yatris left in an escorted convoy of 30 vehicles for north Kashmir’s Baltal base camp,” officials said.
“The second escorted convoy of 33 vehicles carrying 999 Yatris left for south Kashmir’s Nunwan (Pahalgam) base camp,” they added.
