Saturday, June 21, 2008

Thousands join Amarnath pilgrimage


Towards God's abode

A Hindu woman treks to the Amarnath cave, near Dumail, 135 kilometers southeast of Srinagar, India, on Wednesday. Hundreds of pilgrims annually go to the remote Himalayan shrine of Amarnath at 14,500 feet to worship an icy stalagmite representing Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction. yatra was suspended on June 20 due to heavy rains near the cave shrine and along the route of the pilgrimage in South Kashmir Himalayas. The two-month-long yatra started on June 18.

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