Amid tight security arrangements, the 12th batch of 3,280 pilgrims on Monday left the Jammu base camp for 13,500-feet high cave shrine of Amarnath.
The pilgrims, including 808 women, 76 children, left in a cavalcade of 131 vehicles from Bhagwati Nagar base camp in Jammu at around 0500 hours for Amarnath, police said.
With Monday’s batch, as many as 40,074 pilgrims have left Jammu in 12 batches for their onward journey to the cave shrine.