The Yatra is a pilgrimage to the Budha Amarnath Temple dedicated to Lord Shiva in Rajpura village in the Poonch district's Loran valley. It began on Wednesday and will end on Sawan Purnima, celebrated as Raksha Bandhan, this month.
The first batch of pilgrims left for the Budha Amarnath Yatra on Tuesday. The Yatra was flagged off by Divisional Commissioner Jammu Ramesh Kumar and ADGP Jammu Anand Jain from Yatra Niwas in Jammu.
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board, Anshul Garg on Tuesday presided over a meeting with all the stakeholders of the institution to assess operational preparedness of the Shrine area for hassle-free pilgrimage ahead of Independence Day celebrations at Kat
The Uttarakhand government announced on Tuesday that they will be providing a 25 per cent discount on tickets for travel by helicopter service for pilgrims going to Shri Kedarnath Dham.
Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai said that during the past five years, there have been two terrorist attacks on pilgrims and 14 casualties were reported.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Tuesday said that pilgrims will be able to visit the Kedarnath temple via helicopter from Wednesday, August 7.
Several people have died in rain-related incidents since August 4 evening as heavy rains lashed different parts of Uttarakhand, while many pilgrims and tourists are trapped on the Sonprayag-Kedarnath road.
The shrine of the Shree Chandi Mata Mandir of Machail Paddar in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir crossed the 50-thousand mark in number of pilgrims taking darshan in this year of the Shree Machail Mata Yatra on Sunday.
The Shri Badrinath - Kedarnath Temple Committee (BKTC) will be providing pilgrims with free accommodation facilities in all their rest houses in case of road blockage during monsoon season.