- Pilgrims began to go to the Amarnath ice pillar near Pahalgam.
- The manager Vijay Kumar Bidhuri says that there were 415,000 pilgrims.
- India deploys 45,000 soldiers with high -tech monitoring tools.
Srinagar: More than 400,000 Hindus participated in a one -month -old Indian pilgrimage illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), the authorities of weeks said after the conflict with Pakistan.
The pilgrimage started on July 3 and officially closed on August 9, but the organizers said that the whip rains damaged narrow paths, forcing a premature end.
The official Vijay Kumar Bidhuri said in a statement on Saturday evening that 415,000 pilgrims had participated.
Many faithful began their hike to the Amarnath ice pillar near Pahalgam, where armed men killed 26 tourists in the contested region.
New Delhi said that armed men had been supported by Pakistan – says ISLAMABAD vehemently rejected while calling for his investigation into the unfortunate incident – triggering a series of Tit -For -Tat diplomatic measures that have turned into a four -day conflict.
It was the worst dead end of nuclear weapons nations since 1999, with more than 70 people killed in missiles, drones and artillery fire on both sides, before a ceasefire on May 10.
Some faithful can still visit the cave, but this year’s figures are not below the half-million estimated faithful who participated in 2024.
The officials called on the Hindus to undertake the pilgrimage, increasing the security of the event in deployment of 45,000 soldiers with high -tech monitoring tools supervising the exhausting trek towards the cave, dedicated to Shiva, the deity of destruction.
On Sunday, Indian forces exchanged fire with armed men for a third day in Kulgam, far from the Amarnath pilgrimages route. The soldiers killed two people, said a superior police officer.
