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A fresh batch of 557 pilgrims has left the base camp here for the Amarnath cave shrine.
Jammu, Aug 4 : A fresh batch of 557 pilgrims has left the base camp here for the Amarnath cave shrine.
Devotee, including 237 men, 98 women, 14 children and 208 sadhus, left the base camp at MAM stadium in a convoy of 15 vehicles at 9.30 am on Friday, officials said.
The pilgrims are expected to reach their respective destinations by this evening.
A total of 50,062 devotees have left for the cave shrine of Amarnath since the beginning of yatra on July 2.
Tight security arrangements have been made for the pilgrimage.
Every year, lakhs of pilgrim's trek along a treacherous mountain track to the Amarnath shrine, located at an altitude of 3,800 metres (12,700 feet).
The Amarnath Cave is about 12,500 feet above sea level and 141 kilometres from Srinagar.
Amarnath pilgrimage began from June 30 and it will continue till August end.
ANI
