Jammu and Kashmir Asks Pilgrims to Follow Registration Dates, Capacity Limits 'Amarnath Yatra'

As thousands of devotees continue to arrive at the Yatra base camps of Pahalgam and Baltal every day without prior registration, or before the dates and slots allotted to them, the Amarnath Yatra administration on Saturday issued an urgent appeal to all pilgrims to strictly follow the prescribed registration and scheduling process in the larger interest of safety and orderly conduct of the pilgrimage.

The annual Yatra, which commenced on July



3, is a 57-day pilgrimage to the revered cave shrine situated at an altitude of about 3,880 metres in the South Kashmir Himalayas. 

Pilgrims undertake the journey either through the traditional 48-kilometre Nunwan–Pahalgam route or the shorter but steeper 14-kilometre Baltal route. The pilgrimage is conducted in challenging high-altitude terrain and is, therefore, subject to strict safety, environmental and crowd-management regulations.