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Swine
flu Reports Amarnath
yatra registration for pilgrims begins
Jammu: The registration for the annual pilgrimage
to the Hindu cave shrine of Amarnath in Jammu and Kashmir commenced across the
country on Wednesday. The pilgrimage spread over two months is scheduled to begin
on June 6. At Jammu and several other places, the pilgrims were seen in long queues
to register their names. Jammu and Kashmir Bank has been authorised by the government
to register the intending pilgrims. Around 110 branches of the bank spread over
the country will facilitate the registration of the pilgrims. According to Madan
Gupta, Vice President (Central Zone) of J&K Bank has said that facilities like
mobile ATMs and banking facilities at the base camp are the latest additions this
year. "We are doing bookings up to 3,00,000 in this counter and through Internet
up to 1,20,000 bookings. We request people to get their bookings done through
Internet because it would be more convenient. For pilgrims, we have arranged mobile
banking facilities at the base camp, which will remain for June 6 to August 5.
ATM facility will be available round the clock. We would be providing the pilgrims
with on-the-spot banking facilities at the base camp," Gupta added. He further
said that in Jammu, the bank has set up an extra counter at the Exhibition Ground
for registration, which will remain open on week days from 3.p.m in the afternoon
till 6.p.m. on weekdays and on Saturday from 1.p.m to 4.p.m. in the afternoon.
The registration will close on July 30. "Every year we go on this pilgrimage.
We pray to Lord Shiva for the pilgrimage journey to proceed smoothly this year
unlike last year," said Rajkumar, a pilgrim. The Amarnath pilgrimage will culminate
on August 5, which according to Hindu almanac is the Shravana Purnima (full moon
in the monsoon month of Shravana). Every year a large number of devotees trek
the steep, slippery 48-km route to reach the Amarnath cave shrine, which stands
at a height of nearly 12,500 feet above sea level.
-May
21, 2009 Go
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