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AMARNATH, JAMMU & KASHMIR, July 12, 2003: Amidst chants of “Har Har Mahadev” and “Jai Bholanath” the first devotees on the annual Amarnath pilgrimage paid obeisance at the holy ice Siva Lingam at the cave shrine. “For me there is no emotion parallel to the darshan of the ice Lingam, it gives a feeling of being one with God. That is why I come here again and again,” said Sonu Bhardawj who was on his eighth pilgrimage, as pilgrims prostrated before the sacred Lingam in reverence for Lord Siva.



Much before dawn, devotees, braving sub-zero temperatures, moved out of their tents with torches in hand and took a dip in ice-cold streams. Siva devotees from across the subcontinent, men, women, children and sadhus, prayed to Lord Siva. Everyone had words of praise for security personnel manning the heights and patrolling the entire stretch to the holy cave shrine. While pilgrims from the first two jathas (batches) are having darshan, two more such jathas comprising 3,500 devotees each are on their way to the cave.

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