Amarnath Yatra was on Tuesday morning temporarily suspended due to inclement weather. Officials said that no yatri was being allowed to move towards the holy cave from both Pahalgam and Baltal camps.
Earlier this morning, the sixth batch of over 6,300 Amarnath pilgrims left for the 3,880-metre-high cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir amid tight security. According to the official data, a total of 6,351 pilgrims left the Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas in a convoy of 239 vehicles amid heavy security of CRPF.
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The first batch of pilgrims had reached the Pahalgam base camp last Thursday.
The pilgrimage remained suspended for two years due to coronavirus before its commencement on June 30. More than 72,000 pilgrims have offered their prayers at the shrine since then.
The yatra is set to end on August 11 on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan.
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