JAMMU, INDIA, June 6, 2011 (Times of India): As many as 213,000 pilgrims have registered themselves for the annual pilgrimage to the 13,500-feet-high cave shrine of Amarnath in the Himalayas in Jammu and Kashmir.
The Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) began the registration process on May 10 for the yatra which will commence on June 29 and culminate on August 13.
“The registration counters have been set up at 121 designated branches of the Jammu and Kashmir Bank, 24 of the YES Bank and four of the District Cooperative Banks,” said a SASB spokesman. There has been no increase in the fee of Rs. 15 (US$0.33) for registration.