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2,500 pilgrims leave for Amarnath Yatra Monday

Amid shouts of 'Bam bam bhole', the traditional cry hailing Hindu god Shiva, the first batch of more than 2,500 pilgrims left early Monday morning for this year's annual pilgrimage to the cave shrine of Amarnath in Jammu and Kashmir.11:31 AM on June 15