JAMMU: Amid tight security , a total of 2,481 pilgrims left here to undertake the annual Amarnath Yatra that begins on Thursday. Jammu and Kashmir Governor N.N. Vohra will attend the official launch of the Yatra.The pilgrims left the Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas in 66 vehicles. Heavily fortified security force camps have been established both at Baltal and Pahalgam base camps.It takes a pilgrim just one day to return back to the Baltal base camp after the 'darshan'. The structure waxes and wanes with the size of the visible moon.The 40-day long Yatra to the Himalayan cave shrine in south Kashmir's Anantnag district would end on August 7 on Shravan Purnima coinciding with the Raksha Bandhan festival.

Source: Economic Times June 29, 2017 04:52 UTC