- The pilgrims began to walk to the Amarnath ice pillar from near Pahalgam.
- Officer Vijay Kumar Bidhuri says there were 415,000 pilgrims.
- India displays 45,000 troops with high -tech surveillance tools.
Srinagar: More than 400,000 Hindu participated in a one -month pilgrimage in Jammu and Kashmira (Iiojk) of a month, they said weeks after the conflict with Pakistan.
The pilgrimage began on July 3 and was officially closed on August 9, but the organizers said the rains of whipping had damaged narrow paths, forcing a premature end.
The official Vijay Kumar Bidhuri said in a statement on Saturday night that 415,000 pilgrims had participated.
Many of the faithful began their trip to the Pilar de Ice Amarnath from near Pahalgam, where the gunmen on April 22 killed 26 tourists in the region in dispute.
Nueva Delhi said that the gunmen were backed by Pakistan, says that Islamabad has rejected vehemently while requested research in the unfortunate incident, which caused a series of diplomatic measures of Tit per eye that became a four -day conflict.
It was the worst confrontation of nations with nuclear weapons since 1999, with more than 70 people killed in missile, drones and artillery fire on both sides, before a high fire on May 10.
Some devotees can still visit the cave, but this year’s numbers are below half a million devotees who participated in 2024.
The authorities appealed to the Hindus to undertake the pilgrimage, increasing the security for the event displaying 45,000 troops with high -tech surveillance tools that supervises the exhausting walk towards the cave, dedicated to Shiva, the deity of destruction.
On Sunday, the Indian forces exchanged fire with armed men for the third day in Kulgam, far from the Pilgrimage Route of Amarnath. The soldiers have killed two people, said a high police officer.
