Annual Amarnath yatra to conclude todayAugust 5th, 2009 SRINAGAR - The sevenweek long annual Amaranath yatra is concluding today, with holy mace of Lord Shiva reaching the shrine from Panchtarni. On Tuesday, the holy mace, 'Charri Mubarak' was brought to Panchtarni from Sheshnag.
Amarnath shrine had 400,000 pilgrims this yearAugust 4th, 2009 SRINAGAR - Over 400,000 pilgrims from all over the country visited the Himalyan Amarnath shrine this year during the two-month long pilgrimage which comes to a close Wednesday. The Charri Mubarak - Hindu lord Shiva's mace - reached Panchtarni Tuesday on the penultimate day of its journey to the cave shrine situated at an altitude of over 13,500 feet.
Hindus bound for Amaranth cave perform Chadi PoojaJuly 22nd, 2009 SRINAGAR - Hindu pilgrims on Wednesday held 'Chadi Pooja' in Srinagar to launch the formal annual Amarnath pilgrimage. Mahant Deependra Giri, the head priest of the Amarnath shrine, performed the rituals amidst chanting of Vedic hymns and also led the holy mace (Chari mubarak) for onward journey to Amarnath cave shrine.
Helicopter crashes near Amarnath shrine; one dead, four injuredJuly 9th, 2009 SRINAGAR - A private helicopter carrying pilgrims to the Amarnath shrine crashed near the cave shrine this morning, killing one woman and injuring four others. The private helicopter was being operated by the Himalayan Aviation Company, which runs a chartered service between Baltal and Sonamarg.
Amarnath pilgrimage resumes after weather improvementJuly 6th, 2009 SRINAGAR - A day after the ongoing Amarnath pilgrimage was temporarily halted due to bad weather, nearly 10,000 Hindu pilgrims left for the Himalayan cave shrine in the Kashmir valley on a sunny Monday. Weather improved a lot Monday and there was no downpour on the Amarnath cave temple track, said a spokesman of the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) that manages the affairs of the pilgrimage.
Amarnath yatra briefly suspendedJune 24th, 2009 JAMMU - More than 15,000 pilgrims are stranded at the transit camp at Baltal as Amarnath yatra has been suspended from Jammu on Wednesday. According to sources, no batch was allowed to Baltal base camp from here today.
Fresh batch of 1,703 Amarnath pilgrims leaves Jammu for holy shrineJune 22nd, 2009 JAMMU - A fresh batch of 1,703 pilgrims left Jammu on Monday for their onward journey to the holy Amarnath cave shrine. The batch comprising of 1,185 men, 384 women, 61 children and 73 sadhus left in 53 vehicles, including 40 buses, from the base camp at Bhagwati Nagar here at around 4.
Fresh batch of 1,395 Amarnath pilgrims leaves Jammu for holy shrineJune 21st, 2009 JAMMU - A fresh batch of 1,395 pilgrims left here on Sunday for their onward journey to the holy Amarnath cave shrine. The batch comprising 734 men, 305 women, 60 children and 295 sadhus left in 50 vehicles including 31 buses from the base camp at Bhagwati Nagar here at around 4:50 a.m.
Amarnath yatra suspended for third consecutive dayJune 18th, 2009 BALTAL SONAMARG - The annual Amarnath yatra was suspended from Jammu for the third consecutive day on Thursday due to rain and fresh snowfall. No fresh batch was allowed to proceed from the base camp at Bhagwati Nagar in Jammu or from Baltal to the cave shrine.
Amarnath yatra suspended for second dayJune 17th, 2009 BALTAL SONAMARG - The annual Amarnath yatra was suspended from Jammu base camp on Wednesday as inclement weather left thousands of pilgrims stranded for the second day at Baltal. "No fresh batch was allowed to go to Baltal base camp from Jammu because of bad weather," police said.
Rest rooms, community kitchens benefit pilgrims bound for Amarnath shrineJune 16th, 2009 KATHUA - In order to ensure that the journey to the Amarnath cave shrine is smooth, several voluntary organisations have set up camps along the arduous route. The camps are equipped with rest rooms and community kitchens.
Amarnath Shrine board to revise dates of pilgrimageJune 13th, 2009 SRINAGAR - Following bad weather conditions, the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) is compelled to revised the dates of the annual pilgrimage along the traditional Pahalgam route, but its schedule via Baltal route will remain unchanged. According to the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB), due to continuous rain and snowfall at several points on the Pahalgam-Chandanwari route, it was not possible to open the Yatra along this trek till the weather improves, however the pilgrimage will take off from Jammu on scheduled date (June 15) via Baltal route.
Amarnath pilgrimage to start from Baltal MondayJune 12th, 2009 JAMMU - The annual Amarnath pilgrimage that attracts tens of thousands of Hindus will start June 15 from Baltal, taking the shorter and steeper route to the Himalayan cave shrine in Jammu and Kashmir, it was announced here Friday. Pilgrims taking the traditional route of Pahalgam via Sheshnag and Mahagunus pass at a height of 14,000 feet will set out June 21.
Amarnath Samiti leader to contest pollsMarch 14th, 2009 JAMMU - The convener of the Shri Amarnath Sangarsh Samiti (SASS), which headed protests last year over a controversial piece of land for a Hindu shrine in the Kashmir Valley, Saturday said he was likely to contest Lok Sabha election as a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) nominee. Leela Karan Sharma, who led the two-month long Amarnath agitation in Jammu last year, told reporters here that he has resigned from the post of the SASS convener.
Amarnath shrine board seeks preservation tips from environmentalistsFebruary 24th, 2009 JAMMU - The Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) has invited a team of environmentalists to suggest measures to protect the shrine in southern Kashmir and the area around it, officials said Tuesday. Environmentalists associated with Himalayan ecology have been requested by a panel constituted by the shrine board to make a detailed study of the environmental aspects and accordingly suggest ways to protect the area's ecology.
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