![]() ![]() The yatra is scheduled to end on August 11 on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan. So far, over one lakh pilgrims have offered prayers at the cave shrine, housing the naturally formed ice-shivlingam, officials said. The annual 43-day yatra commenced from the twin base camps - traditional 48-km Nunwan-Pahalgam in south Kashmir's Anantnag and 14-km shorter Baltal in central Kashmir's Ganderbal - on June 30. Rescue operation after a cloudburst that hit near the base camp of the holy cave shrine of Amarnath The Jammu and Kashmir administration has set up four helpline numbers where people can get information about the cloudburst. ITBP spokesperson Vivek Kumar Pandey said all the forces are working tirelessly to ensure each and every missing person is accounted for. Karwal said 13 people were killed, adding all the security forces and NDRF rescuers present in the area are working to ensure that relief and rescue operations are conducted for as long as required. The gushing waters hit the base camp outside the shrine, damaging 25 tents and three community kitchens where the pilgrims are served food, according to officials. The cloudburst struck around 5.30 pm amid heavy rainfall, officials said.Īccording to the automatic weather station at the holy cave, the area received 31 mm rainfall from 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm. Meanwhile, an official of the union territory administration said that the Amarnath yatra, which began on June 30, has been temporarily suspended in view of the tragedy, adding a decision on its resumption will be taken after rescue operations end. "We have three teams comprising about 75 rescuers in action right now," Karwal said. NDRF Director General Atul Karwal told PTI that a team of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) was based in the affected area even as two more teams from nearby locations of Barari Marg and Panchtarni have reached there. Unfortunately working with broken bones seems to have had a sympathetic effect, and two of the team managed to have critical falls during the filming of the expedition, which put them both in hospital, though one year apart.At least 13 people were killed when a cloudburst near the holy cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir Himalayas triggered flash floods Friday evening that damaged 25 tents and three community kitchens, police and NDRF officials said.Īn official on the ground said about 30-35 people are missing while five have been rescued. with an height of 7,708 meters (25,289 ft), It’ s the highest mountain in the world outside of the HimalayasKarakoram range. Unlike the earlier programmes which focused on the artefacts that were found in the caves, this film is mainly about the peoples and their bodily remains, and so features a lot of broken skulls and bones of various sorts. Terich Mir is one of the most underrated peaks in the world, IMO. The team uncovers two civilisations having different burial practices, some of which are precursors to modern Tibetan practices like sky-burial, and working with the their finds, they try to piece together more about the history and cultures of the region. Now I have just discovered another film that was made in 2011 in which the same team are seen investigating the very earliest inhabitants of this remote region, who seem to have migrated there around 1000 BC. I also posted another set of films on the Sky Caves of Nepal from the National Geographic Live! series in which three of the participants discuss their experiences in making the films. The second Secrets of Shangri-La – Quest for Sacred Caves (2009) followed them as they returned the following year for more research. Last year I posted two documentaries from National Geographic on an expedition that they covered to Mustang, the first Lost Cave Temples of the Himalayas (2009) showed the team discovering rare paintings and manuscripts in the ancient kingdom of Mustang. A return to the cave temples of Mustang in Nepal to understand more about the earliest inhabitants of the region, their culture and history.
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