A fresh batch of over 4,675 pilgrims left Jammu city on Friday for Kashmir to join the ongoing Amarnath Yatra. According to officials, pilgrims left Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas in Jammu in an escorted convoy. They said 1,825 yatris have left for Baltal base camp while 2,850 are going to the Pahalgam base camp.
"Among today's Yatris there are 3400 male, 1189 female, 16 children, 55 Sadhus, 12 Sadhvis and three transgenders," officials added. According to the official data, more than 1.95 lakh pilgrims have taken up the Amarnath Yatra so far since it started this year on July 1. During the yatra, as many as 30 pilgrims have died this year so far, 29 of them because of natural causes while one was killed by a shooting stone.
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