The Amarnath Yatra, a revered annual pilgrimage among Hindus which commenced on July 3 this year, has been witnessing thousands of devotees visiting the holy cave shrine in Jammu and Kashmir each day.

A batch of 7,579 pilgrims left for the Kashmir Valley on Wednesday, officials said, adding that since the commencement of the yatra, over 1.11 lakh pilgrims have had the ‘darshan’ of the Shivling inside the Amaranth cave shrine, IANS reported.

“Another batch of 7,579 yatris left Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas in two escorted convoys for the Valley today. First escorted convoy of 133 vehicles carrying 3031 yatris left at 3.25 am for Baltal base camp while the second escorted convoy of 169 vehicles carrying 4548 yatris left at 3.40 am for Nunwan (Pahalgam) base camp,” officials said.