Pratham Aarti done at Amarnath cave shrine, yatra to start on July 23

Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, GC Murmu carried out ‘Pratham Aarti’ or the primary prayers on the holy cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir on Sunday morning.

He was accompanied by his principal secretary and chief government officer of Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB) Bipul Pathak, extra CEO AK Soni, division commissioner Kashmir Pandurang Okay Pole and different senior officers.

“The LG along with senior officials reached the cave shrine early Sunday morning and performed Pratham Aarti,” mentioned an official of the SASB.

Prasar Bharati, India’s official broadcaster, confirmed the aarti dwell. It will accomplish that every day until August three at three am and seven pm.

Speaking to the official broadcaster after paying obeisance on the cave shrine alongside together with his relations, Murmu mentioned that he felt the divinity after performing ‘Pratham Aarti’.

“We prayed for peace, development and progress of the entire nation and its people,” he added.

A Special Poja might be held at holy Amarnath Cave for the early finish of Covid19 pandemic, mentioned Mahant Dipinder Giri after performing bhumi poojan of Chadi Mubarak at Pahalgam in South Kashmir on Sunday.

The chief secretary of Jammu and Kashmir BVR Subrahmanyam had mentioned on Saturday that this 12 months’s Amarnath Yatra must be undertaken in a restricted method, in order that the SOPs for Covid-19 are strictly adhered to.

J-Okay Chief Secy says SOPs for Amarnath Yatra to be strictly enforced amid pandemic

“Given the constraints, a maximum of 500 yatris will be allowed per day by road from Jammu. Therefore, arrangements will have to be limited to this number,” he had mentioned whereas chairing a gathering of the sub-committee constituted by the Supreme Court.

The curtailed yatra (pilgrimage) is more likely to be held from July 23 to August three this 12 months from the shorter Baltal route.

On June 5, the highest officers of Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) carried out ‘Pratham Pooja’ within the state’s winter capital Jammu on the event of ‘Jayestha Purnima’ signifying graduation of the annual pilgrimage.

The ‘Pratham Pooja’ at SASB’s Chaitanya Mahaprabhu Ashram was performed by principal secretary to J&Okay Lieutenant Governor and CEO of Shri Amarnath Shrine Board, Bipul Pathak, ACEO AK Soni.

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Last 12 months, the yatra was lower quick following intelligence inputs of terror threats forward of the Centre scrapping Article 370 that gave Jammu and Kashmir its particular standing. In 2018, the pilgrimage was held for 60 days.

Thousands of pilgrims both trek the normal and longer 45-km-long Pahalgam route or the shorter 16-km Baltal path to the holy shrine yearly.

One of the holiest pilgrimages in Hinduism, the Amarnath Yatra attracts pilgrims from India in addition to the world over. There have been terror assaults on the route of the yatra prior to now. The final assault passed off in 2017 on a bus from Gujarat in Anantnag district that left seven pilgrims useless.

Meanwhile, the Jammu and Kashmir excessive courtroom has sought to know concerning the preparations and varied security precautions in place for Amarnath Yatra in view of Covid-19 pandemic.