Staying with India Despite heavy rains and bad weather across Jammu and Kashmir, Over 100,000 pilgrims have visited the holy Amarnath cave in the very first 10 days.
The enthusiasm among the yatris hardly seems to be dampened by The rains launching the whole north of India. Here’s a report.
The Amarnath yatra from both base camps was suspended due to the bad weather. The government on Monday allowed the pilgrims to resume the pilgrimage from the Balthal base camp, while the yatra was allowed from Chandanvari a day earlier due to the improvement in weather.
The authorities also resumed helicopter service for the pilgrims. We are breaking all the records of development, and this time in seven days, we have crossed the figure of one hundred thousand pilgrims.
This is all due to Baba Nath. The weather, yatris, and locals all work together for the smooth running of the yatra, and this time you must have seen that the tourists who used to get bothered due to the yatra are freely allowed to move with the cut-off time.
The pilgrims are saying that they are determined to carry on their yatra. A lot of yatris have been waiting in Srinagar and were allowed only today to reach the base camps from where they can start their yatra.
I have come from Katwa, and I have been here in Srinagar for the last two days. We were told to wait till the weather cleared, and today I’m going to the mile to start Mayatra.
I am hoping I will be able to do my pilgrimage. I don’t care how long I have to wait, but I will carry on going for the darshan. I will pray to God that the rains that have been unleashed across India should stop and that people should be safe.
I’m going on a yatra, and Babaamarnath’s pilgrimage is said to be the Salvation pilgrimage, so I will go for sure. It’s our devotion that has brought us so far for the first time.
I will pray for peace and happiness forever. In this country, the number of pilgrims is surging every day. Thousands are visiting the holy cave for the first time.
I think it all depends on many factors; it depends on the weather and also on the size of the lingam, and generally, we’re also thinking that it will cross 500 000 this year.
We have two servants this year, and since everything is in our favour, we’re hoping for the best. While the yatra has been restored in the Kashmir Valley, the national highway remains closed due to Major landslides in some areas.
Thousands of yatris have been stopped at Jammu’s Bhagavati Nagar. The government is working on the restoration of the national highway so that the stranded yatris can continue on their journey.
Despite heavy rains lashing the whole of North India, including Jammu and Kashmir, The Amarnath Yatra is seeing a huge rush of devotees.
Around 1 lakh devotees have already visited the holy cave in the first 10 days, and authorities believe that this year the number could cross half a million.
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