1,621 pilgrims leave for Amarnath yatra

A batch of 1,621 pilgrims today left the Jammu base camp for Amarnath yatra even as 50,000 people paid obeisance at the cave shrine till last night.
The latest batch, comprising 1,262 men and 359 women, left in a cavalcade of 49 vehicles from Bhagwati Nagar base camp at 5.15 AM, a police official said.
With today's batch, 10,005 pilgrims have left from the Jammu base camp for the pilgrimage.