IANS Indo-Asian News Service - Jammu, Kashmir
Friday, April 7, 2006
The annual Hindu pilgrimage to the Himalayan cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir will begin on June 11 and last for almost two months.
The pilgrimage, which is expected to attract over 500,000 pilgrims, will conclude Aug 9, said a spokesman of the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB).
The board has drawn up a detailed programme to raise a temporary environmental-friendly infrastructure to lodge pilgrims, whose number is expected to touch half a million mark this year, the spokesman said.
The cave shrine situated at the height of 13,500 feet above sea level was discovered by a Muslim shepherd more than a century ago. Since then Hindus have been visiting the shrine during summers to pay obeisance at the cave where a natural ice-made 'lingam' (stalagmite), seen as an icon of lord Shiva, is formed.
The yatra will start with the hosting of Sufiana music festivals in Srinagar and some district headquarters. Reputed Sufi artists of the country and Pakistan are likely to participate in the festival.
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IANS Indo-Asian News Service - Jammu, Kashmir
Friday, April 7, 2006
The annual Hindu pilgrimage to the Himalayan cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir will begin on June 11 and last for almost two months.
The pilgrimage, which is expected to attract over 500,000 pilgrims, will conclude Aug 9, said a spokesman of the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB).
The board has drawn up a detailed programme to raise a temporary environmental-friendly infrastructure to lodge pilgrims, whose number is expected to touch half a million mark this year, the spokesman said.
The cave shrine situated at the height of 13,500 feet above sea level was discovered by a Muslim shepherd more than a century ago. Since then Hindus have been visiting the shrine during summers to pay obeisance at the cave where a natural ice-made 'lingam' (stalagmite), seen as an icon of lord Shiva, is formed.
The yatra will start with the hosting of Sufiana music festivals in Srinagar and some district headquarters. Reputed Sufi artists of the country and Pakistan are likely to participate in the festival.
Friday, April 7, 2006
The annual Hindu pilgrimage to the Himalayan cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir will begin on June 11 and last for almost two months.
The pilgrimage, which is expected to attract over 500,000 pilgrims, will conclude Aug 9, said a spokesman of the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB).
The board has drawn up a detailed programme to raise a temporary environmental-friendly infrastructure to lodge pilgrims, whose number is expected to touch half a million mark this year, the spokesman said.
The cave shrine situated at the height of 13,500 feet above sea level was discovered by a Muslim shepherd more than a century ago. Since then Hindus have been visiting the shrine during summers to pay obeisance at the cave where a natural ice-made 'lingam' (stalagmite), seen as an icon of lord Shiva, is formed.
The yatra will start with the hosting of Sufiana music festivals in Srinagar and some district headquarters. Reputed Sufi artists of the country and Pakistan are likely to participate in the festival.
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