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Small batch of devotees leave for Amarnath

PTI | By, Jammu
Aug 01, 2014 06:39 PM IST

A small batch of 237 pilgrims on Thursday left for the Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas from here.

A small batch of 237 pilgrims on Thursday left for the Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas from here.

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The 36th batch of pilgrims, including 150 men and 37 women, left from the Bhagwati Nagar base camp in Jammu in a cavalcade of six vehicles at 4:10 AM, police said.

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The batch which left today was the smallest so far. The convoy has already crossed Patnitop on Jammu-Srinagar national highway and would reach their destinations at Baltal and Pahalgam base camps by this evening, they said.

With today's batch, a total of 53,149 pilgrims have so far left from the Jammu base camp for the Amarnath shrine.

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