Amarnath Yatra Kicks Off, First Batch Of Pilgrims Leave For Cave Shrine | ABP News

he Amarnath Yatra began on Saturday as the first batch of pilgrims left the twin base camps in Baltal and Nunwan to start their journey to the 3880-metre-high cave shrine in the south Kashmir Himalayas. The yatra started early morning from the twin tracks -- the traditional 48-km Nunwan-Pahalgam route and the 14-km Baltal route.

According to officials, the batches of pilgrims on the twin routes were flagged off by the respective deputy commissioners along with senior police and civil administration officials, as reported by news agency PTI. Anantnag DC Syeed Fakhrudin Hamid flagged off the first batch of Amarnath Yatra pilgrims from Nunwan base camp on Saturday.