Srinagar, July 21 -- ''Har Har Mahadev'' and ''Bam Bam Bolay'' rented in the air when fresh batches of pilgrims left base camps on Sunday to undertake annual pilgrimage to holy Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas, where so far 2.60 lakh pilgrims have paid obeisance since the commencement of the yatra from July Ist.

Yatra from both shortest Baltal and traditional Pahalgam tracks was progressing smoothly and weather was also pleasant, a yatra official told UNI.

He said 20915 pilgrims, including women, Sadhus and Sadhvis besides children, highest in one-day had darshan of the self made Ice-Shivalingam at the cave shrine on Saturday. The earlier highest in a single day was on July 13 when 16,916 paid obeisance. However, for secur...