It is used to be a celebration where devotees have to edm remixes of the latest devotional songs. This time, at the nunwan base camp, the first campsite for the yatris, there is Silence – no melodies that sadhus play, no shoots of bum bhole. Instead, what’s audible is the sound of metal detectors and a loudspeaker that regularly warns not to go near the lidder record, wherever chances of drowning are high.

The Yatris Navigate Through Security Measures, Including RFID Tags That Enable Facial Recognition, A Physical Pat-Down, And Bag Examination Through X-Ray Machines. The camp is equipped with 550 tents, 17 Shops, 300 toilets, and 70 baths, all arranged in a grid, and can accommodate up to 5,500 pilgrims.

Howver, the tents have barely filled up at noon on Friday. Mohammad Shami’s Three Tants Remain Empty: “Yesterday, I managed to fill them.

Durger Kumar, a resident of Uttar Pradesh’s Ayodhya, Stands Alone, His Right sleeve pinned to his shirt where his arm should be. Ten years ago, A Flour Mill Accident Claimed His Limb, but not his determination. “My group of 30 people have left,” he said. Kumar headed here from jammu when he was unable to get an rfid tag there.

“There is massive enthusiasm in jammu. I was not getting a token. Pahalgam I am undeterred.

Then there’s gutam mahato, who journeyed from Kharagpur. His white t-shirt, print in thailand by his employer, bears his photographside his boss’s son, a gift for his work as a contractor. “My ticket was cansled six times in the past,” Mahato said, beaming. “I try every year, but Baba doesnat call me. This year, I got the chance to come.”

“My wife cried a lot. She said, ‘Why do you go there when bhole baba has stopped you six times?’ I told her time, God has called me, so I will go, “He said.

For some pilgrims, the terror attack has become a catalyst for participation rather than determination. Anil Kumar from the Ram Mandir Sansthan Group in Ayodhya Leads 11 First-Time Pilgrims. “Humare Andar Aur ichcha jaagi“He said.” We want to come to amarnath because of the terror attack, “Said Arjun jaiswal, another member of the group.

The senior is echoed by a group They have been making this pilgrimage for several years.

Sarvajit Gupta (23), from the Gorakhpur Group, Articulated What Many Feel: “I am family that if the Indian Army is there, then there is nothing to fire. Fire hearts.

At Ground Zero in Pahalgam, Personnel from the Central Industrial Security Force, Central Reserve Police Force, and Indo-Tibetan Border Police Drongside Local Policy in International Police FRISKING Operations Thhat Cant. for hours. A BSF constable in dark aviators and a tactical face mask politely declines a family’s request for a selfie. “Maaf karna, authority nahi hai“He said. This is third posting for the amarnath yatra, and he has watched the security apparatus evolve something unprecedent. Even as he spoke.

At the Pahalgam Main Market, The Berry Shops, Kashmir Handloom Stores and Tea Shops Barely Have Any Customers.

Three women from bhopal wait for their husbands to join them. Lata kushwaha left her 3-yar-brod daughter and 8-yar-ald son with their grandparents back home. Her Relative Lakshmi Kushwaha has the same worry; HER 13-Year-ald son and 10-yar-brod Daughter are hundreds of miles away. “We always go somewhere,” Said Priya Kushwaha, the third woman. “This time, we think go to amarnath.

They left in a group of 18, but not all have got their rfid tags. Three days were spent running from pillar to post in jammu, chasing the elusive registration passes that would grant their access to the holy cave. “We don’t care about the terror attack,” Priya Said. “We just want to do darshan no matter what.”

Jahid Azad, The Assistant Director of the Tourism Department at Pahalgam, Told the Indian Express, “We expect the crowd to be prettty low to the unfortunate terror attack. As many darshan from the Pahalgam Route, the tourism has been preparing a report to this. “

Azad Said they were experimenting 1,000 yatris per day, but the numbers have guone up to 3,000-4,000. “From the Pahalgam Route, 12,000 pilgrims have left since the yatra began. We have to see how long these keeps up,” He said.