Amid tight security, the 22nd batch of 3,898 pilgrims left the base camp for the Amarnath Yatra here on July 24 for the twin base camps of the cave shrine in the south Kashmir Himalayas, officials said.
More than 3.25 lakh pilgrims have so far paid obeisance at the cave shrine located at a height of 3,888 metres since the commencement of the annual pilgrimage from the twin tracks of Pahalgam in Anantnag and Baltal in Ganderbal districts on July 1.
A total of 3,898 pilgrims - 2,898 males, 898 females, 90 seers and 12 children - left the Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas here in the morning in a convoy of 149 vehicles amid heavy security of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), the officials said.
