Jammu: Amarnath yatra has been temporarily suspended due to bad weather as rain lashes many parts of Kashmir, said officials on Friday.
The yatra was suspended along both the Baltal and the Pahalgam routes.
Speaking to media, Senior Superintendent of Police (Ramban) Mohita Sharma said: “The yatra has been suspended and no pilgrim is allowed to move towards the holy cave shrine this morning. The yatra has been halted in the district’s Chanderkote area.”
“Heavy showers, which started early on Friday, forced the temporary suspension of the pilgrimage, Sharma added.
According to Jammu officials, while a batch of 4,600 pilgrims on its way to the Pahalgam base camp have been stopped in Chanderkot, another group of 2,410 devotees traveling to the Baltal camp has been allowed to proceed.
A total of 17,202 pilgrims paid obeisance at the holy cave shrine on Thursday, taking the cumulative total of devotees who have had ‘darshan’ of the natural ice lingam formation in the south Kashmir Himalayas to 84,768 so far. More than 3,00,000 devotees have registered for the Amarnath Yatra this year.
The 62-day annual pilgrimage to the 3,888-metre-high cave shrine in the south Kashmir Himalayas commenced from the twin tracks of Pahalgam in Anantnag district and Baltal in Ganderbal district on July 1. The yatra is scheduled to conclude on August 31.
(With Agency Inputs)
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