<p>Jammu: A fresh batch of over 5,400 pilgrims left Jammu city on Tuesday for the twin base camps in <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/kashmir">Kashmir</a> to join the annual <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/amarnath-yatra">Amarnath Yatra</a>, officials said.</p>.<p>According to officials, the number of pilgrims who have paid obeisance at the 3,880-metre-high cave shrine reached 2,07,016 on Monday evening.</p>.<p>The twelfth batch comprising 5,433 pilgrims, including 1,117 women and 18 children, left the Bhagwati Nagar base camp at 3.13 am in 213 vehicles escorted by security personnel, they said.</p>.Amarnath Yatra temporarily suspended due to heavy rainfall.<p>While 3,462 pilgrims in 124 vehicles took the 48-km traditional Pahalgam route, the other group of 1,971 devotees in 89 vehicles chose the short but steep 14-km Baltal route, officials said.</p>.<p>With this, 67,698 pilgrims have left the Jammu base camp for the valley since June 28 when Lt Governor Manoj Sinha flagged off the first batch.</p>.<p>The 52-day yatra formally began on June 29 from twin base camps of Baltal and Pahalgam in Kashmir and will conclude on August 19.</p>.<p>More than 4.5 lakh pilgrims paid obeisance at the cave shrine last year.</p>
<p>Jammu: A fresh batch of over 5,400 pilgrims left Jammu city on Tuesday for the twin base camps in <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/kashmir">Kashmir</a> to join the annual <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/amarnath-yatra">Amarnath Yatra</a>, officials said.</p>.<p>According to officials, the number of pilgrims who have paid obeisance at the 3,880-metre-high cave shrine reached 2,07,016 on Monday evening.</p>.<p>The twelfth batch comprising 5,433 pilgrims, including 1,117 women and 18 children, left the Bhagwati Nagar base camp at 3.13 am in 213 vehicles escorted by security personnel, they said.</p>.Amarnath Yatra temporarily suspended due to heavy rainfall.<p>While 3,462 pilgrims in 124 vehicles took the 48-km traditional Pahalgam route, the other group of 1,971 devotees in 89 vehicles chose the short but steep 14-km Baltal route, officials said.</p>.<p>With this, 67,698 pilgrims have left the Jammu base camp for the valley since June 28 when Lt Governor Manoj Sinha flagged off the first batch.</p>.<p>The 52-day yatra formally began on June 29 from twin base camps of Baltal and Pahalgam in Kashmir and will conclude on August 19.</p>.<p>More than 4.5 lakh pilgrims paid obeisance at the cave shrine last year.</p>