Jammu: With still over a fortnight time left for the start of annual pilgrimage to 3,888 meter high Amarnath cave in South Kashmir Himalayas, registration of pilgrims has crossed one lakh mark on Sunday.
“Over one lakh pilgrims have been registered for pilgrimage to cave shrine of Lord Shiva in South Kashmir Himalayas till today as registration across the country began from June 5,” officials of J&K Bank, nodal agency for the registration, said.
While 54,000 pilgrims have registered through various J&K Bank registration counters, over 47,000 have registered on line.
Giving break up, they said that 53,000 pilgrims have registered for their yatra on Pahalgam-Amarnath route, while 48,000 have registered for Baltal-Amarnath route till now.
The registration began at 121 branches of J&K Bank which is nodal agency for registration of pilgrims across the country, they said.
The yatra will begin from July 1 and conclude on August 24, the day of Shravan Purnima. -- PTI
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