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First batch of Amarnath pilgrims flagged off amid high security

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A total of 5,892 pilgrims in a convoy of 310 vehicles left the base camp amid tight security arrangements.

A total of 3,403 pilgrims comprising 2,647 men, 467 women, eight children,16 transgenders, 200 sadhus and 65 sadhvis left in 144 vehicles for Pahalgam route.

Meanwhile, 2,489 pilgrims comprising 1,748 men, 576 women, 23 children, 135 sadhus and seven sadhvis left in 166 vehicles for Baltal routes, according to an official at the Bhagwati Nagar base camp.