Amarnath Yatra begins, 2,750 pilgrims leaves Nunwan base camp for cave shrine
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Nunwan (J-K), Jun 30 (PTI) The annual Amarnath Yatra began on Thursday as a batch of about 2,750 pilgrims left the base camp here for the cave shrine housing the naturally formed ice-lingam in the south Kashmir Himalayas.
The pilgrimage was flagged off by Deputy Commissioner Piyush Singla at the Nunwan base camp in the Anantnag district's Pahalgam.
The journey -- most of it on foot -- takes about three days with night halts at Sheeshnag and Panchtarni along the route.
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