Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha inaugurated the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board’s Yatri Niwas Complex in Baltal, reporting that over 20,000 devotees have already completed the pilgrimage. The third group of 6,411 pilgrims departed from Jammu for the Himalayan shrine as the Yatra proceeds smoothly along both Pahalgam and Baltal routes under tight security.
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