JAMMU, INDIA, June 22, 2006: The Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB) that manages the yearly pilgrimage to Lord Siva’s cave shrine may discard its plans to get technical help in managing the survival of Siva Lingam for longer periods. This, according to sources, has become inevitable in the wake of the raging controversy that the Lingam was man made after it failed to form this season. “The Board sent a team of High Altitude Warfare School (HAWS) on May 14 to inspect the track and surroundings of the cave. It found the cave-top totally free from snow and the glacier cover thereon had receded by 100 meters or so. The Siva Lingam site was found dry by another team of Snow & Avalanche Studies Establishment (SASE) was on May 18 to the holy cave shrine to look into the possible causes,” the spokesman said. “Through visual inspection and satellite pictures, this team, too, confirmed the receding of glaciers primarily on account of global warming.
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