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The Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Manoj Sinha on June 30 flagged off the first batch of Amarnath Yatra pilgrims from Jammu. Before flagging off the batch, Sinha performed a puja.
The 62-day yatra pilgrimage will start from July 1. Pilgrims will leave for the twin base camps of Baltal and Pahalgam in Kashmir to journey on the pilgrimage to the 3,880-metre-high cave shrine of Lord Shiva in the south Kashmir Himalayas. Over 3,500 pilgrims have reportedly arrived in Jammu to go on the pilgrimage. -
Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha flags off the first batch of pilgrims for the Amarnath Yatra 2023 after conducting a puja at the Bhagwati Nagar base camp in Jammu on June 30. (Image: PTI)
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Pilgrims shout religious slogans while boarding a bus as the first batch of pilgrims leaves for the Amarnath Yatra 2023 in Jammu. (Image: PTI)
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Security forces personnel keep vigil as a convoy of the first batch of pilgrims leaves for Kashmir. (Image: PTI)
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First batch of pilgrims leaves for the Yatra in Jammu. (Image: PTI)
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Sadhus wait to get themselves registered at Ram Mandir base camp in Jammu on June 30
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Pilgrims wait for registration at Mahajan hall in Jammu. (Image: PTI)
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A sadhu being examined by the paramedical staff at Ram Mandir Amarnath Yatra base camp, in Jammu on June 30. (Image: PTI)

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