Another batch of 5,486 pilgrims on Thursday left winter capital Jammu to perform the ongoing Amarnath Yatra. Since it started on July1, over 1.30 lakh pilgrims had ‘Darshan’ inside the Cave shrine situated 3,888metres above the sea-level in Kashmir Himalayas. The Cave shrine houses an ice stalagmite structure that symbolises mythical powers of Lord Shiva according tothe devotees.
The ice stalagmite structure waxes and wanes with the phasesof the moon.
Police said here on Thursday another batch of 5,486 Yatris left Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas in two escorted convoys for the Valley today.
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