Amarnath Yatra 2023: Check out the complete list of permitted and banned food items

Shri Amarnath Ji Shrine Board (SASB) has issued a health advisory for pilgrims as "the Pilgrimage to Holy Cave of Shri Amarnathji involves trekking at altitudes as high as 14000 feet"

Due to the high altitude, the devotees may develop high altitude sickness (Express photo by Praveen Khanna)

Amarnath Yatra, the 62-day-long annual pilgrimage to the cave shrine of Amarnath which is located at a height of 3,880 metres in the south Kashmir Himalayas, is all set to commence on July 1 and will go on till August 31. Ahead of the holy pilgrimage, which is undertaken by hundreds of thousands of devotees each year, the Shri Amarnath Ji Shrine Board (SASB) has issued a health advisory for pilgrims as “the Pilgrimage to Holy Cave of Shri Amarnathji involves trekking at altitudes as high as 14,000 feet”.

It noted that due to the high altitude, the devotees may develop high altitude sickness with symptoms such as loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, fatigue, weakness, dizziness, lightheadedness and difficulty in sleeping, visual impairment, bladder dysfunction, bowel dysfunction, loss of coordination of movements, paralysis on one side of the body, gradual loss of consciousness and mental status changes, drowsiness, chest tightness, fullness, congestion, fast breathing, and increased heart rate. “If high altitude sickness is not treated timely, it may be lethal in a matter of hours,” SASB added.

To keep the health of pilgrims in check, the board also shared a list of the permitted and banned food menus during the yatra.

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SASB asked everyone to ensure that plain water is served in large quantities to the pilgrims to prevent dehydration (Source: PTI)

Permitted menu:

*Cereals, pulses, green vegetables, potato, saag, soya chunks, besan curry, plain dal, green salad, fruits and sprouts

*plain rice, jeera rice, khichri and nutrela rice

*Roti, dal roti, missi roti, makki ki roti (unfried, without oil/butter), tandoori roti, bread/kulcha/double roti, rusk, chocolate, biscuits, roasted chana and jaggery, sambar, idli, uttapam, poha, vegetable sandwich (without cream/butter/cheese), bread jam, Kashmiri nan (girda) and steamed dumplings (vegetable Momos)

*Herbal tea, coffee, low fat curd, sharbat, lemon squash/water, low fat milk, fruit juice, vegetable soup, mineral water, glucose (in standard packet form)

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*Kheer (rice/ sabudana), white oats (daliya), figs, raisins, apricots, other dry fruits (only roasted/raw), low fat milk sawain, honey, boiled sweets (candy), roasted papad, khakra, til ka ladoo, dhokla, chikki (guchak), rewari, phulian makhane, murmara, dry petha, amla muraba, fruit muraba and green coconut

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Banned menu:

*All non veg foods, alcohol, tobacco, gutka, pan masala, smoking, and other intoxicants

*Heavy pullav/fried rice

*Pori, bathura, pizza, burger, stuffed parantha, dosa and fried roti, bread with butter, cream based foods, pickle, chutney, fried papad, chowmein and all other fried/fast food

*Cold drinks and karrah

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*Halwa, jalebi, gulab jamun, laddu, khoya burfi, rasgulla and all other halwai items, crunchy snacks (high in fat and salts) chips/Kurkure, matthi, namkeen mixture, pakora, samosa, fried dry fruits and all other deep fried items.

It said that this menu shall apply to langar organisations, food stalls, shops, and other establishments which come up in the Yatra area to serve or sell food to the pilgrims and other service providers. Further, SASB asked everyone to ensure that plain water is served in large quantities to the pilgrims to prevent dehydration.

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