SRINAGAR, July 8 -- PDP leader Iltija Mufti on Wednesday said quality and preservation of the cave shrine of Amarnath must take precedence over quantity as the ongoing annual yatra crossed the one-lakh mark in the first five days of the pilgrimage.
More than 1.15 lakh pilgrims have paid obeisance at the ice lingam of Lord Shiva at the 3,880-metre-high cave shrine so far.
"According to official figures over 1.13 Lakh performed darshan in the first five days itself. Which means an average of 22,000 per day while the SC (Supreme Court) limit it to 10,000 a day. Quality & preservation of the holy cave must take precedence over quantity & disappearance," she said on X.
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