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The Amarnath Yatra, the annual pilgrimage to the holy shrine, will commence on June 29 and culminate on August 19, while the advance registration for the 52-day-long yatra will start on Monday, April 15, the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) announced on Sunday.
The registration shall start at various branches of the designated banks from Monday (today).
“Registration for the annual Shri Amarnath yatra shall start on Monday, for which Punjab National Bank has set up special counters at 316 branches across the country. The pilgrims have to bring a health certificate from authorised hospitals along with their Aadhar Card,” a PNB official said.
The registration shall be done for the Pahalgam route in Anantnag district and Baltal in Ganderbal district.
According to the guidelines, individuals aged between 13 and 70 can register for the pilgrimage. Women with a pregnancy of 6 weeks or more are not allowed to undertake the yatra.
Due to its geographic location, the Amarnath Cave is only accessible during the ‘Shravani Mela’ in July and August (Shravan month in the Hindu calendar), which draws thousands of pilgrims each year to the Amarnath Yatra.
To guarantee the security and comfort of pilgrims during their journey, members of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) are undergoing specialized training to become members of the Jammu and Kashmir Police’s Mountain Rescue Teams (MRTs), according to news agency ANI.
In order to guarantee the security and comfort of pilgrims, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) personnel are undergoing specialized training to become members of the Jammu and Kashmir Police’s Mountain Rescue Teams (MRTs) with only a few months until the yearly Amarnath Yatra, according to officials.
For the benefit of followers everywhere, the Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB) will now provide live broadcasts of morning and evening Aartis (Prayers). The Amarnath Yatra app is now accessible on the Google Play Store, allowing users to access various online services as well as real-time yatra and meteorological information.
Located 141 km from the capital Srinagar at an altitude of 12,756 feet above sea level, the holy cave of Amarnath lies in the Ladar Valley, which is covered by glaciers, and snow-capped mountains for most of the year.
