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19 August 2024
A month long kanwaria yatra concluded on Monday. Also, more than a dozen Mountain Rescue Teams assisted thousands of pilgrims during this year's Amarnath pilgrimage in the south Kashmir Himalayas.
More than 10 lakh Kanwarias visited Baidyanath Dham temple in Deoghar during the month of Srawan, said officials on Monday.
Devotees worshiped Lord Shiva during the month of Sawan, and those who bring Kanwars, known as Kanwariyas. This year, the sacred Kanwar Yatra began from July 22, 2024 and concluded on August 19, 2024. Kanwar is a bamboo pole with pitchers attached on both sides.
Even the Amarnath yatra concluded with more than 5.10 lakh pilgrims offering prayers at the cave shrine.
The Mountain Rescue Teams (MRTs) -- comprising personnel from the Jammu and Kashmir Police, State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) -- was flagged off by Additional Director General of Police Vijay Kumar and deployed on the twin tracks leading to the 3,880-metre-high cave shrine nearly a week before the start of the 52-day pilgrimage on June 29.
While eight MRTs manned the critical spots on 48-kilometre traditional Pahalgam route in Anantnag district, five were positioned along the shorter but steeper 14-kilometre Baltal route in Ganderbal district.
The state administration heaved a shy of relief as no untoward incidents took place during the kanwar yatra in Deogarh.
