Two lakh pilgrims undertake Amarnath Yatra in 11 days
pilgrims
who undertook
Amarnath Yatra
this year crossed the two-lakh mark on Sunday.
"More than 17,000 pilgrims on Sunday paid obeisance to Lord Shiva at the
holy cave shrine
of Amarnath in south
Kashmir Himalayas
, taking the total number of yatris to 2,00,063," officials said here.
A total of 17,317 pilgrims performed '
darshan
' at the 3,800-metre-high holy cave shrine on Sunday, the officials said.
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They said the yatris included 12,210 males, 4,202 females, 264 children, 103 sadhus, 18 sadhvis, six transgenders and 514 security forces personnel.
The annual yatra started on July 3 and will culminate on August 9, the officials added.
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