KASHMIR, INDIA, July 22, 2002: The Amarnath Yatra was temporarily suspended on Sunday following heavy rains on the Baltal-Cave and the Pahalgam-Amarnath route, official sources said. Authorities later allowed pilgrims to resume their journey on the Pahalgam-Amarnath route. The Yatra remained suspended on the Baltal-Cave route, the shortest route to the cave shrine located at an altitude of 3,880 meters in the Himalayas. 3,838 pilgrims who left Jammu on Sunday arrived safely in Pahalgam, sources said. Meanwhile, the first group of Yatris who left Jammu on July 19 were likely to reach the shrine on Monday morning to worship Lord Shiva.
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