Amarnath Yatra: Sadhus reach Jammu ahead of commencement of pilgrimage on July 3

Over 5.10 lakh pilgrims paid their obeisance at the 3,880-meter-high shrine last year

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JAMMU: Scores of sadhus have begun arriving in Jammu, the city of temples, for their onward pilgrimage to the cave shrine of Amarnath in the South Kashmir Himalayas beginning July 3.

The 32-day pilgrimage will commence from the twin tracks, the traditional 48 km Nunwan-Pahalgam route in Anantnag and the 14 km shorter but steeper Baltal route in Ganderbal on July 3.

A day earlier, the first batch of pilgrims will leave Jammu's Bhagwati Nagar base camp and Ram Mandir for the Valley.

The shrine houses the naturally formed ice Shivlingam and over 5.10 lakh pilgrims paid their obeisance at the 3,880-meter-high shrine last year.