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Amarnath Yatra: 23rd batch of 3025 pilgrims leave from Jammu base camp

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Jammu: Chanting ‘Bam Bam Bhole’ the 23rd batch of 3025 pilgrims on Tuesday left from Bhagwati Nagar Base camp here for Shri Amarnath Cave Shrine in South Kashmir Himalayas.

An official said that 3025 pilgrims left the base camp in a convoy of 119 vehicles.

A group of 1865 pilgrims (1535 males, 275 females, two children, 48 sadhus and five sadhvis) left for Pahalgam in a convoy of 81 vehicles.

For Baltal, 1160 pilgrims comprising 735 males, 421 females and two children left in a convoy of 38 vehicles amid tight security arrangements.

The yatra started on July 1 and will conclude on August 31.

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