Another batch of pilgrims leaves Jammu for the Amarnath shrine

Pilgrims proceed towards the holy Amarnath cave on the Baltal road during the ongoing ‘Amarnath Yatra’. | Photo credit: PTI

“A fresh batch of 5,794 pilgrims, including 1,211 women, left on Monday (July 6, 2026) from Bhagwati Nagar base camp in Jammu for the annual Amarnath Jatra,” officials said.

“About 60,000 pilgrims have offered prayers at the cave shrine since the start of the yatra on July 3,” they said.

Officials said the fifth batch included 21 children, 599 sadhus and 76 sadhvis. They left base camp in separate convoys between 3:10 and 3:45 a.m. under tight security.

“Out of this, 3,490 pilgrims traveling in 139 vehicles are heading to Nuwan base camp in Pahalgam while 2,304 pilgrims in 128 vehicles are heading to Baltal base camp,” they said.

Pilgrims undertake the yatra simultaneously along the traditional 48 km Nunwan-Pahalgam route in Anantnag district and the shorter but steeper 14 km Baltal route in Ganderbal district.

The 57-day annual pilgrimage to the 3,880-metre-high cave shrine in the southern Himalayas is set to end on August 28, the time of the Raksha Bandhan festival.

Published – 06 Jul 2026 12:08 IST