<p>Amid tight security, the sixteenth batch of 3,398 pilgrims today left Jammu for the 3,888-metre Amarnath cave shrine of Lord Shiva in the south Kashmir Himalayas.<br /><br />Escorted by the CRPF and police, the batch consisting of 2,535 males, 758 females, 100 sadhus and sadhvis, and five transgenders left in a convoy of 191 vehicles for Baltal and Pahalgam base camps this morning, officials said.<br /><br />With today's batch, a total of 50,028 pilgrims have left Jammu for Amarnath in 16 batches since the yatra began from Jammu on June 28.<br /><br />Over 1,86,853 pilgrims have paid obeisance at the cave shrine till last evening.<br /><br />The yatra will conclude on Shravan Purnima (Raksha Bandhan) on August 7. </p>
<p>Amid tight security, the sixteenth batch of 3,398 pilgrims today left Jammu for the 3,888-metre Amarnath cave shrine of Lord Shiva in the south Kashmir Himalayas.<br /><br />Escorted by the CRPF and police, the batch consisting of 2,535 males, 758 females, 100 sadhus and sadhvis, and five transgenders left in a convoy of 191 vehicles for Baltal and Pahalgam base camps this morning, officials said.<br /><br />With today's batch, a total of 50,028 pilgrims have left Jammu for Amarnath in 16 batches since the yatra began from Jammu on June 28.<br /><br />Over 1,86,853 pilgrims have paid obeisance at the cave shrine till last evening.<br /><br />The yatra will conclude on Shravan Purnima (Raksha Bandhan) on August 7. </p>