Over one lakh perform Amarnath Yatra in five days

The Annual Amarnath Yatra 2024 is set to break all previous records as over one lakh devotees performed the ongoing Yatra in five days as another batch of 5,696 pilgrims left for Kashmir on Thursday.Officials of the Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB), which manages the affairs of the Yatra, said over one lakh devotees had ‘darshan’ since it started on June 29.Another batch of 5696 Yatris left Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas in Jammu today for the Valley in two escorted convoys. Of these, 2028 Yatris left in an escorted convoy of 97 vehicles at 3.13 a.m. for the north Kashmir Baltal base camp while 3.668 left in another escorted convoy of 122 vehicles at 3.40 a.m. for south Kashmir Nunwan (Pahalgam) base camp.”