More than 3.60 lakh pilgrims embarked on the Amarnath Yatra this year, surpassing last year's tally with over a month still left before the annual pilgrimage concludes, an official said.
This is a great day for my family and me. We are blessed to have been on the Yatra. I would like to thank the government and people here for helping us so much, said Saina
The pilgrims were stranded in Jammu and at various places including Chanderkote along the Jammu-Srinagar national highway, which was closed for traffic following multiple landslides and the washing away of a portion of the road near Panthiyal tunnel
The annual Amarnath Yatra began on Saturday with the first batch of pilgrims starting their journey from Baltal base camp in Jammu Kashmir's Ganderbal to Amarnath Cave