Jammu (J-K), Jun 27 (ANI): The first batch of pilgrims for the annual Amarnath Yatra will leave from Jammu’s base camp today amid tightened security. The pilgrims will leave for the twin base camps of Baltal and Pahalgam in Kashmir, guarded by the security forces in a fleet of vehicles. From there onwards, the pilgrims will start their journey to the 3,880 metre high cave shrine by foot on Thursday. The cave of Amarnath houses the shrine of Hindu god of destruction, Shiva. It is located at a snow-capped mountainous peak of the Himalayas. Over a hundred thousand devotees visit the shrine every year as a part of the pilgrimage which commences in the last week of June every year and concludes in early August.
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