{"id":18189,"date":"2024-06-09T07:20:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-09T07:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/?p=18189"},"modified":"2024-06-09T07:20:00","modified_gmt":"2024-06-09T07:20:00","slug":"sadhus-reach-jammu-ahead-of-annual-amarnath-yatra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/sadhus-reach-jammu-ahead-of-annual-amarnath-yatra\/","title":{"rendered":"Sadhus Reach Jammu Ahead Of Annual Amarnath Yatra"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>JAMMU, June 9: The famous Ram Mandir in the old city reverberates with chants in praise of Lord Shiva as Sadhus from across the country have started reaching here to take part in the annual yatra to the holy cave shrine of <a href=\"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/adgp-reviews-security-for-smooth-shri-amarnath-yatra\/\">Amarnath<\/a> in the south Kashmir Himalayas.The 52-day pilgrimage will commence from the twin tracks \u2013the traditional 48 km Nunwan-Pahalgam route in Anantnag and the 14 km shorter but steep Baltal route in Ganderbal \u2014 on June 29. A day ahead, the first batch of pilgrims will leave Jammu\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/shri-amarnath-ji-yatra-dc-jammu-inspects-yatri-bhawan-bhagwati-nagar\/\">Bhagwati Nagar<\/a> base camp and Ram Mandir for the valley.<br \/>\nThe shrine houses the naturally formed ice-shivlingam and over 4.5 lakh pilgrims paid their obeisance at the 3,880 meter high shrine last year.<br \/>\nRam Mandir in the Purani Mandi area of Jammu, the city of temples, hosts the Sadhus and Sadhvis at its sprawling complex with the government departments lending their support to ensure various facilities including on-the-spot registration for yatra for the visitors.<br \/>\nThe temple head Mahant Rameshwar Dass said all necessary arrangements including the round-the-clock free community kitchen service and medical facilities are in place for the Sadhus, expressing confidence in a trouble-free yatra.<br \/>\n\u201cThe temple is serving them for generations, throughout the year. They are visiting the Amarnath shrine to seek blessings and pray for the welfare of the people and the country,\u201d ass told PTI.<br \/>\nHe said the people in Kashmir will welcome the pilgrims as per age-old tradition so they do not face any problems.<br \/>\n\u201cWe are expecting a massive rush of pilgrims to Amarnath this year, given the improved security situation in the valley,\u201dhe said, lauding the role of Lt Governor Manoj Sinha and the security agencies for the positive change. Amid chants of \u2018Bam Bam Bhole and Jai Jai Baba Barfani\u2019, the Sadhus and Sadhvis are eagerly waiting for the yatra to commence.<br \/>\n\u201cThis is my first pilgrimage to <a href=\"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/annual-amarnath-yatra-to-start-from-june-29\/\">Amarnath shrine<\/a> and I am excited to get the blessings of my lord,\u201d Ram Baba, who had come from Chhatarpur district of Madhya Pradesh said.<br \/>\nGurvi Giri, a Sadhvi, said she has been visiting the cave shrine for the past five years, and it gives peace to her soul to be there.<br \/>\nAnother Shiva devotee said he had come by foot from Himachal Pradesh in five days. \u201cThis is my 25th yatra without any break and I am feeling blessed to be here once again\u201d.<br \/>\nA Sadhu from West Bengal is confident of undertaking the arduous journey to the shrine with the help of his belt tied to his back to overcome pain.<br \/>\n\u201cI have done a lot of pilgrimage across the country having visited Kedarnath, Badrinath and Gangotri. This time it came to my mind why should I leave Amarnath and start my journey,\u201d he said, adding on the way, he came to know about the Ram Mandir and joined others here.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18190\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18190\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-18190\" src=\"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Screenshot-2024-06-09-at-12.45.12-PM-300x168.png\" alt=\"Sadhus Reach Jammu Ahead Of Annual Amarnath Yatra\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18190\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sadhus Reach Jammu Ahead Of Annual Amarnath Yatra<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JAMMU, June 9: The famous Ram Mandir in the old city reverberates with chants in praise of Lord Shiva as Sadhus from across the country have started reaching here to take part in the annual yatra to the 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