This year due to COVID-19, Amarnath Yatra is not just starting late but it is also curtailed in terms of number of days and number of pilgrims. So while Yatra is yet to start this year, we take you down the memory lane in this video to the day when Yatra started in 2017
The annual Amarnath Yatra began on Thursday, 29th June 2017 despite inclement weather as the then Jammu and Kashmir governor NN Vohra attended a prayer inside the Himalayan cave shrine marking the formal start of the pilgrimage. Over 6,000 pilgrims were allowed to move towards the shrine from north Kashmir’s Baltal base camp while 5,000 pilgrims proceeded from the traditional south Kashmir Pahalgam route. Vohra, who was also exofficio Chairman of the Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB), performed prayers at the cave shrine. The SASB manages the affairs of the Amarnath Yatra. As the Governor reached to the shrine in a helicopter, the lock of the gates to shrine were opened and he performed puja under rituals to mark the start of yatra.
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