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Amarnath: batch of 1,837 pilgrims leave from Jammu
A batch of 1,837 pilgrims today left the Jammu base camp for Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir.
Updated on: Jul 11, 2013, 12:28:32 IST
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A batch of 1,837 pilgrims on Thursday left the Jammu base camp for Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir.
A convoy of 65 vehicles, carrying 1,837 devotees, left from Bhagwati Nagar base camp in Jammu at around 04.40 AM for their onward journey to the Amarnath cave shrine, police said in Jammu on Thursday.
The 15th batch of pilgrims, including 1,386 men, 389 women and 12 children, apart from 50 priests, are on way to twin base camps of Pahalagam and Baltal in the Kashmir Valley.
With today's batch, a total of 32,823 pilgrims have left the Jammu base camp for Amarnath so far.
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