<p>Jammu: Amid heavy rains, more than 4,600 pilgrims left Jammu city in the early hours of Wednesday for the twin base camps in Kashmir to join the annual <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/amarnath-yatra">Amarnath Yatra</a>, officials said.</p>.<p>This was the 13th batch of pilgrims that left the Bhagwati Nagar base camp here for Baltal and Pahalgam base camps in Kashmir.</p>.<p>The batch of 4,627 pilgrims left in 185 vehicles around 3 am amid chants of "Bum Bum Bholey". They were escorted by a CRPF contingent amid area dominations by the Army, the officials said.</p>.<p>While 2,773 pilgrims left in 95 vehicles through the 48-km traditional Pahalgam route, 1,854 devotees left in 90 vehicles via the shorter but steeper 14-km Baltal route, they said.</p>.On 12th Amarnath Yatra, double amputee from Jaipur vows to keep coming back.<p>With this, a total of 72,325 pilgrims have left the Jammu base camp for the Valley since June 28, when Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha flagged off the first batch.</p>.<p>The 52-day yatra began on June 29 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: Amid heavy rains, more than 4,600 pilgrims left Jammu city in the early hours of Wednesday for the twin base camps in Kashmir to join the annual <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/amarnath-yatra">Amarnath Yatra</a>, officials said.</p>.<p>This was the 13th batch of pilgrims that left the Bhagwati Nagar base camp here for Baltal and Pahalgam base camps in Kashmir.</p>.<p>The batch of 4,627 pilgrims left in 185 vehicles around 3 am amid chants of "Bum Bum Bholey". They were escorted by a CRPF contingent amid area dominations by the Army, the officials said.</p>.<p>While 2,773 pilgrims left in 95 vehicles through the 48-km traditional Pahalgam route, 1,854 devotees left in 90 vehicles via the shorter but steeper 14-km Baltal route, they said.</p>.On 12th Amarnath Yatra, double amputee from Jaipur vows to keep coming back.<p>With this, a total of 72,325 pilgrims have left the Jammu base camp for the Valley since June 28, when Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha flagged off the first batch.</p>.<p>The 52-day yatra began on June 29 and will conclude on August 19.</p>.<p>More than 4.5 lakh pilgrims paid obeisance at the cave shrine last year. </p>