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Amarnath Temple is a Hindu shrine located in the Pahalgam tehsil of the Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir, India.It is a cave situated at an altitude of 3,888 m (12,756 ft), [1] about 168 km from Anantnag city, the district headquarters, 141 km (88 mi) from Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, reached through either Sonamarg or Pahalgam.
On 26 May 2008, the government of India and the state Government of Jammu and Kashmir reached an agreement to transfer 99 acres (0.40 km 2) of forest land to the Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB) in the main Kashmir Valley [1] to set up temporary shelters and facilities for Hindu pilgrims to Amarnath Temple.
The 48-days July–August annual Hindu pilgrimage, undertaken by up to 600,000 or more pilgrims to 130 feet (40 m) high glacial Amarnath cave shrine of iced stalagmite Shiv linga e at 12,756 feet (3,888 m) in Himalayas, is called Amarnath Yatra.
A tyre of the bus was punctured, taking two to two and a half hours to repair. Pilgrims are not allowed to travel on the route without road-opening parties and security escorts which were withdrawn at around 7:30 p.m. The bus was also not registered with the Amarnath shrine board. [22]
Amarnath Temple, Hindu shrine in Anantnag district, Jammu and Kashmir, India Amarnath Peak , mountain in Ganderbal district of Kashmir, in the vicinity of Sonamarg Amarnath land transfer controversy , 2008
Pilgrims at Cave shrine of Lord Shiva.. The 2000 Amarnath pilgrimage attack on 1 and 2 August was the massacre of between 89 to 105 people, with 62 others injured in at least five different coordinated attacks by Islamist militants in Anantnag district and Doda district of Indian administered Kashmir.
1. Amarnath Shiva Lingam Melted Completely NDTV. SRINAGAR, INDIA, July 1, 2007: The CEO of the Amarnath Shrine Board Arun Kumar has said that the main Shiva ingam at Amarnath has melted away. The Shiva Lingam at the Amarnath shrine is formed naturally from ice, and Kumar has said that the melting of the Shiva Lingam was due to environmental ...
Vishwamurti Shastri is a Sanskrit scholar with knowledge of Vedic literature and related subjects. [1] He served as a principal of Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, Jammu. [2] He was appointed to Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB) in 2019. [3]