New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday announced that this year’s pilgrimage to the Amarnath Cave will begin on July 3 and conclude on August 28.
He said the yatra will run for 57 days. The dates were finalised during a meeting of the Shri Amarnath Ji Shrine Board, chaired by him.
Registration for the pilgrimage will open on April 15 and will be mandatory for all participants.
Pilgrims aged between 13 and 70 years will be allowed to undertake the journey, he said in a series of posts on X.
Sinha said devotees can register in advance through about 556 designated bank branches across the country. The process will also be available online through the official website of the Shrine Board.
Banks such as Yes Bank, ICICI Bank, Punjab National Bank, State Bank of India, and Axis Bank will facilitate the registration process.
The first puja will be held on June 29 on the occasion of Jyeshtha Purnima, he added.
The pilgrimage will proceed along two routes. Devotees can choose the traditional 48-km Nunwan-Pahalgam route in Anantnag district or the shorter but steeper 14-km Baltal route in Ganderbal district.
