Jammu Tawi/Srinagar, July 28 -- Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Ashul Garg on Monday said that the annual Amarnath Yatra has crossed the 4.22 lakh pilgrim milestone, with the pilgrimage continuing through the Baltal route.
The 12th batch of more than 3,800 devotees left from the Bhagwati Nagar base camp here for the Amarnath cave shrine on Monday, officials said.
With this, 1,27,326 pilgrims have left the Jammu base camp, the officials said.
Chants of "Bam Bam Bhole" and "Har Har Mahadev" rent the air as 3,823 pilgrims - 2,966 men, 855 women and two children - left for the Baltal route in 140 vehicles amid tight security.
No pilgrims travelled via Pahalgam as the yatra has been suspended on that route due to the ongoing track repair wor...