
Jammu: The 17th batch of over 5,800 Amarnath pilgrims left Jammu city on Saturday for the twin base camps of Pahalgam and Baltal in Kashmir amid tight security.
The 43-day-long pilgrimage to the 3,880-metre-high cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas commenced on June 30 from the twin tracks -- the traditional 48-km Nunwan-Pahalgam route in south Kashmir's Anantnag district and 14-km shorter Baltal in central Kashmir's Ganderbal district.