Another batch of 3,398 Amarnath pilgrims leave from Jammu base camp

Jammu, Jul 15 :  A fresh batch of 3,398 Shri Amarnath pilgrims today left from Yatri Niwas base camp here for the holy cave shrine in South Kashmir. Chanting ‘bam bam bhole’ chants, 3,398 pilgrims this early morning left in a cavalcade of 132 vehicles. The yatris comprised 2535 male, 758 females, 5 transgender and 100 Sadhus. Pilgrims left for Pahalgam and Baltal to perform the pilgrimage in 132 vehicles, including 63 buses and 69 light motor vehicles. " The Yatra is smoothly heading on the highway," a police official here said.