Jammu, July 1 -- Ahead of 38 day long annual Amarnath pilgrimage, offline registration began here in the temple city on Monday with the distribution of tokens to intending pilgrims, said officials.

"Around 2,000 tokens were distributed at Saraswati Dham near Jammu railway station by the officials," said an official. However, pilgrims outnumbered the tokens available for the day at Saraswati Dham, he added.

Dharamvir Singh, 46, a pilgrim from Bihar's Patna, expressed regrets over poor arrangements. "We were queued outside Saraswati Dham since 4 am to get tokens. It rained heavily. No proper arrangements were made by the administration," he said.

Another pilgrim Jai Prakash, 34, from UP's Lucknow cited how Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanat...