Amarnath Yatra – आवारा मुसाफिर

Amarnath Yatra 2022 expected to be ‘much bigger’ than before

April 11, 2022815 Views

This year's Amarnath Yatra is expected to be twice in size than before, with the Jammu and Kashmir administration preparing to welcome about 8 lakh pilgrims to the cave shrine in the south Kashmir Himalayas, officials said on Monday. The arrangements for the yatra, to be held after a gap of two years, were discussed at a meeting here chaired by Union Information and Broadcasting Ministry Secretary Apurva Chandra. Jammu and Kashmir Chief Secretary Arun Kumar, divisional commissioners of Jammu and Kashmir regions, and deputy commissioners, participated in the meeting. Talking to reporters here, Chandra said the meeting was informed that this year's Amarnath Yatra is expected to be the biggest and best ever. Expectations are that this year's yatra will be twice the size than ...

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43-day annual Amarnath yatra to begin on June 30

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March 27, 20221167 Views

The pilgrimage to the Himalayan shrine of Amarnath located at a height of 3,880 metres in south Kashmir will start on June 30 after a two year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 43-day yatra (pilgrimage) will end on August 11, shrine authorities said on Sunday. The decision on the schedule of the pilgrimage was taken at the 41st meeting of the Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB) chaired by Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha at the Raj Bhavan here, an official spokesman said. The pilgrimage to the cave shrine would start simultaneously from both the routes, the Pahalgam track in Anantnag district and the Baltal track in Ganderbal district, while online registration will start from April 11. The annual yatra to the shrine was cancelled midway in 2019 ahe...

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Amarnath Yatra cancelled due to Covid pandemic

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June 21, 20211129 Views

In the wake of the Covid pandemic, the Jammu and Kashmir administration has decided that the annual Amarnath Yatra will be kept symbolic, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said on Monday. He also directed officials to make arrangements so that devotees can virtually attend the morning and evening aartis' at the Himalayan cave shrine. This will allow them to pay obeisance while avoiding travel and exposure to the infection, the lieutenant governor (L-G) said . Sinha said that at the shrine all traditional religious rituals shall be performed according to past practice. !function(e,t,c,a){if(!e.fwn&&(a="fwn_script",n=e.fwn=function(){ n.callMethod?n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments) },e._fwn||(e._fwn=n),n.queue=[],!t.getElementById(a))){var d...

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Amarnath Yatra cancelled due to Covid-19

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July 21, 2020977 Views

Sixteen days after Chadi Mubarak Yatra left Srinagar for the Holy Cave and two days after Defence Minister visited the cave shrine, Jammu and Kashmir government on Tuesday cancelled this year’s Amarnath Yatra in wake of the coronavirus pandemic. At the 39th Board meeting of the shrine chaired by Lieutenant Governor Girish Chandra Murmu, it was decided to cancel the annual Hindu pilgrimage this year “in larger public interest”. “The Board was informed that the arrangements were on track since February 2020, but due to nationwide lockdown and the pandemic, the State Executive Committee, J&K has still continued to keep religious places and places of worship closed for the public. These prohibitions continue till 31st July,” said a government press release. "Based upon the circu...

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Amarnath Yatra – Opening of lock & first prayers

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July 18, 2020998 Views

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 shr...

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छड़ी मुबारक अमरनाथ रवाना, रोजाना केवल 500 यात्रियों को इजाजत

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July 5, 20201181 Views

गुरु पूर्णिमा (व्यास पूर्णिमा) के दिन अमरनाथ यात्रा के लिए छड़ी मुबारक यात्रा रविवार को सवेरे श्रीनगर से पहलगाम के लिए रवाना हुई, और इसके साथ ही इस साल की यात्रा की विधिवत शुरुआत हो गई। कोविड-19 के कारण इस बार यात्रा की अवधि भी छोटी होगी और श्रद्धालुओं की संख्या भी कम ही रखी जाएगी। आम श्रद्धालुओं के लिए यात्रा 21 जुलाई से ही शुरू होगी और 3 अगस्त को रक्षाबंधन के दिन संपन्न होगी। एक दिन में अधिकतम 500 यात्रियों को ही जाने की इजाजत रहेगी। रविवार सवेरे ही जम्मू-कश्मीर के उप राज्यपाल गिरीश चंद्र मुर्मू ने अपने परिजनों के साथ हेलिकॉप्टर से अमरनाथ पहुंचकर गुफा में पूजा-अर्चना की। रविवार सवेरे छह बजे करीब सौ साधु-संतों और अन्य लोगों के साथ श्रीनगर के दशनामी अखाड़े से पहलगाम के लिए छड़ी मुबारक रवाना हुई। रविवार को ही पहलगाम में अमरनाथ छड़ी मुबारक का भूमि पूजन, नवग्रह पूजन और ध्वजारोहण की रस...