Amarnath Temple

100-fold spike in cash donations at Amarnath shrine after removal of Covid restrictions: RTI

October 04, 2025 5:24 pm

Offerings rose from just ₹9.23 lakh in 2020-21 to ₹9.75 crore in 2025-26, reflecting the revival of religious tourism and increased pilgrim participation.

Behind the Amarnath Yatra, the young men who make gruelling climb a little easier

July 12, 2025 3:16 am

Generations of men drawn from the remote villages of Anantnag district now symbolise this syncretic ethos of Kashmir, which was tested in the aftermath of the terror attack.

Amarnath Yatra: History, legend of this shrine up in the mountains

July 07, 2025 4:41 pm

Amarnath Yatra 2025, Amarnath Temple History: Why is the Amarnath temple called so? What do history books say about the temple? And what is the story of Buta Malik? We explain.

Undeterred by terror attacks, thousands of Amarnath pilgrims throng Jammu base camp daily

July 11, 2024 10:34 pm

The 52-day annual pilgrimage started on June 29 from the twin routes: the traditional 48-km route from Nunwan in Pahalgam in south Kashmir's Anantnag and the 14-km shorter but steeper Baltal route in Ganderbal district of central Kashmir.

Amarnath Yatra: Pilgrims leave twin base camps for shrine, second batch starts journey from Jammu

June 29, 2024 1:34 pm

Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha had flagged off the first batch of 4,603 pilgrims from the Yatri Niwas base camp in Bhagwati Nagar in Jammu on Friday morning.

How a motorable road reached the Amarnath shrine

November 11, 2023 1:04 pm

On November 2, the BRO posted on X (formerly Twitter) that after upgradation of the Baltal road to the shrine, motor vehicles drove all the way to the holy cave for the first time ever.

BRO releases video of vehicles reaching Amarnath cave, Jammu and Kashmir parties raise ecological concerns

November 09, 2023 3:02 pm

Until now, the Himalayan cave shrine, situated at an altitude of more than 3,800 metres and visited by tens of thousands of Hindu pilgrims every year during the summer months of June to August, was accessible only by foot.

Amarnath Shrine Board temporarily suspends yatra from August 23

August 21, 2023 2:17 am

Quoting SASB authorities, an official statement issued here said that the decision has been taken in view of “reduced pilgrim flow and track restoration works”.

Amarnath Yatra suspended due to bad weather

July 07, 2023 10:30 am

Heavy showers, which started early on Friday has forced the temporary suspension of the pilgrimage.

Amarnath trip was dream: Kin of Delhi sisters-in-law who died in flash flood

July 12, 2022 7:18 am

The two women from Delhi were among the 17 people who died in a flash flood that hit a camp near the Amarnath cave shrine, in Ganderbal district of Jammu and Kashmir, on Friday.

Amarnath Yatra flagged off

July 01, 2014 1:32 pm

The annual pilgrimage to the 3,880 metre high holy cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir Himalayas, commenced on Saturday from Baltal route.

Mehbooba Mufti Calls Amarnath Yatra Terror Attack A ‘Blot On All Muslims And Kashmiris’

June 22, 2020 6:58 pm

Roads blocked due to heavy snowfall in Jammu and Kashmir

February 12, 2016 5:41 am

Pir Panjal Range (Jammu and Kashmir), Feb 12 (ANI): Roads have been blocked due to heavy snowfall in Dehra ki Gali area of the Pir Panjal Range in Jammu andKashmir on Friday. The Meteorological Department here has forecast wet weather for the next two days. Met Department official said that there are reports of snowfall in higher reaches of Kashmir, including in Peer Ki Gali on the Mughal Road in Shopian, Sonmarg, Amarnath Shrine, Razdan Pass, Sadhna Top and Gurez.