Jammu, Today, 1,924 pilgrims left the Jammu base camp for Amarnath yatra even as 40,000 people paid obeisance at the cave shrine in Kashmir Himalayas till last night.

According to police official, "the latest batch, comprising 1,408 men, 362 women and 154 sadhus, left in a cavalcade of 53 vehicles from Bhagwati Nagar base camp at 5.15 AM".

8,384 pilgrims have left from the Jammu base camp with today's batch for the pilgrimage.

Amarnath cave is a Hindu shrine located in Jammu and Kashmir, India.

The cave is situated at an altitude of 3,888 m, about 141 km from Srinagar, the capital of Jammu and Kashmir and reached through Pahalgam town.