Largest Amarnath Yatra Batch Of 8,815 Pilgrims Leaves Jammu Amid Tight Security

The largest batch of pilgrims so far this year, comprising 8,815 devotees, including 31 foreign nationals, left the Bhagwati Nagar base camp in Jammu on Tuesday for the annual Amarnath Yatra in Kashmir amid tight security. Officials said the sixth batch included 5,831 men, 2,193 women, 31 children, 598 sadhus, 131 sadhvis and 31 foreign nationals. Of the total, 3,989 pilgrims travelling in 181 vehicles left for the Baltal base camp in central Kashmir's Ganderbal district, while 4,826 pilgrims in 182 vehicle