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Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Over 7,000 Pilgrims Register for Hindu shrine of Amarnath in Jammu and Kashmir , India

Wednesday, June 09, 2010
Source: www.ddinews.gov.in
INDIA : This year’s annual pilgrimage to the holy Hindu shrine of Amarnath in Jammu and Kashmir will begin July 1 and end Aug 24, on the occasion of “Sharvan Purnima.” The registration of the pilgrims for the Amarnath Yatra began on June 5 at 121 designated branches of the Jammu and Kashmri Bank across the country, said RK Goyal of the shrine board.

About 7,000 pilgrims have so far registered themselves for the yatra
to the 3,888-meter high Amarnath cave shrine in Jammu and Kashmir.

They said 3,510 pilgrims have registered for the yatra through Baltal
route, while 3,297 through Pahalgam route.

Last date for the registration is 20th August. About 3,73,419 pilgrims
had visited the cave shrine in 2009 and 4,98,075 people in 2008.

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