Around 3,400 Pilgrims Leave For Amarnath From Jammu For Yatra

The sixth batch of 3,489 Amarnath pilgrims today left Jammu for the 3,888-metre-high cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas, amid tight security, a senior official said.

The pilgrims, including 774 women and 237 sadhus, left for the cave shrine in 114 vehicles from the Bhagwati Nagar base camp here at 2:30 am, he said.

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Updated News:

Five people died and four were injured after a landslide triggered by flash floods hit the Amarnath yatra pilgrims near Brarimarg in Jammu and Kashmir today.

Brarimarg falls on the Baltal route of the Amarnath yatra.

"A landslide hit between Railpatri and Brarimarg on the Baltal route," a police official said.

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