Jammu, June 30 -- Hundreds of devotees lined up at designated centres here on Tuesday to avail tokens needed for on-the-spot registration of the annual Amarnath Yatra.
The 57-day pilgrimage to the 3,880-metre-high Amarnath cave shrine is scheduled to begin on July 3 from the traditional 48-km Nunwan-Pahalgam route in Anantnag district and the shorter but steeper 14-km Baltal route in Ganderbal district.
The first batch of pilgrims will leave the Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas in Jammu on July 2.
The on-the-spot registration process for token holders will commence on Wednesday.
Pilgrims from different parts of the country lined up outside the registration centre from midnight to obtain tokens required for the registration process.
Officials...