Under the 'Mukhyamantri Teerth Yatra Yojana', any resident of Delhi above the age of 60 will be eligible to undertake pilgrimage, accompanied by an attendant above the age of 18, whose expenditure will also be borne by the government.
Those rescued have been moved to Nepalgunj and Surkhet, the two towns close to the Indian border and having better health care and infrastructure facilities.
The first batch had reached Gunji Base camp by trekking 33 km from Mangti, in two days.
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The first phase of three-month long Mandala-Makaravillaku festival at the hill shrine that began on November 15 ended with the "mandala pooja" rituals yesterday.
Srinagar : A day ahead of the start of Amarnath Yatra, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today reviewed the arrangements made for the annual pilgrimage to the 3,880-metre high holy cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas. Soon
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Dehradun/Lucknow: Almost four months after flash floods and heavy rains led to the halt of the annual "Char Dham Yatra" in Uttarakhand, the religious trip to Kedarnath and Badrinath shrines is scheduled to open for
New Delhi/Srinagar , Jul 15: The unprecedented rush of pilgrims to Amarnath this year has contributed to the ice Shivlingam in the holy mountain cave completely melting away more than a month before the end
Jaipur, Mar 9: Pakistani Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf, on a private visit to the Ajmer shrine of Khawaja Moinuddin Chishti, Saturday met Indian External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid over lunch here, but no official
Muzaffarnagar, UP, Jan 26 : The Haj Committee of India has imposed new norms of once-in-a-lifetime pilgrimage via subsidy following central government's decision in this regard, as against the earlier policy of once in five
Srinagar, Aug 2: The 39-day Amarnath Yatra concluded today as the ‘Charri Mubarak', the mace of Lord Shiva, reached the 3880-metre high Himalayan cave shrine amidst Vedic chants.Mahant Deependra Giri, the custodian of the holy
New Delhi, Jul 20: Around 1.25 lakh Haj pilgrims will be covered this year under the subsidy scheme of the government, which also decided to go for competitive bidding for airlines to negotiate fares.The pilgrims
Srinagar, July 6 : Four pilgrims and an army jawan died of cardiac arrest enroute to the Amarnath shrine in south Kashmir, taking the death toll in the ongoing yatra to 37, officials said today.The
Jammu, Jul 5: The number of pilgrims who have paid obeisance at the Amarnath shrine this year has crossed the two lakh mark.“As many as 2,10,524 pilgrims have paid obeisance at the Ice Lingam of
Srinagar, Jul 1: Five more devotees died due to cardiac arrest at Pahalgam and Baltal base camps pushing the death toll in the ongoing annual Amarnath pilgrimage to 19. Megha Gupta, aged 24 years, a
Jammu, Jun 30 : Amid tight security, a fresh batch of 3,348 pilgrims today left the base camp here for 3888-metre high holy Amarnath cave shrine in South Kashmir Himalayas. The pilgrims comprising 2,199 men,
Jammu, Jan 6: Mata Vaishnodevi cave shrine in Jammu and Kashmir today witnessed season's first snowfall, worsening the cold wave condition enroute the pilgrimage.The yatra was however going on smoothly with over 15,000 pilgrims undertaking
Srinagar, July 9: The pilgrimage to the 3,880 metre high cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir Himalayas today resumed from Pahalgam route after it remained suspended for two days due to inclement weather.“The yatra
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