The Annual 44 day pilgrimage to the 3880 m high holy cave of Amarnath located in Jammu & Kashmir begins. The first batch of 8000 pilgrims from Baltal visited the holy cave on 28 June 2014. The batch began the 16 km trek to the cave from Baltal and reached the cave by noon. Tight security arrangements has been for the smooth conduct of Yatra.

Chopper service to the holy cave was utilised by 152 pilgrims on the very first day. The 45 km long route from Pahalgam will be open from 1 July, as it is under snow.