9 foreigners from six international locations undertook the Amarnath yatra on Thursday (July 24, 2025), as round 3.5 lakh pilgrims visited the cave shrine thus far within the annual pilgrimage.

The six foreigners who visited the cave shrine positioned at an altitude of round 14000 toes together with pilgrims from the USA, Canada and Germany.

“Our group has been making ready for ‘darshan’ for the previous 4 to 5 years. Lastly, we’re right here. The geography, nature and the power of the cave was an exquisite expertise,” Ross Nomanleich, a pilgrim from Canada, mentioned.

Mr. Nomanleich, who belongs to Shiva Tantra faculty, mentioned he had tears in his eyes when he carried out the ‘darshan’. “I felt a deep silence inside me and the redemption of consciousness. The curiosity about Hinduism is about understanding the entire world of energies and Shiva Shakti,” Mr. Nomanleich, who trekked round 14 kilometres from the Batal route in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal, mentioned.  

The foreigners’ group praised the administration for the preparations. Round 3.5 lakh pilgrims visited the cave shrine positioned in south Kashmir’s Anantnag for the reason that annual pilgrimage began on July 3 this 12 months.  

In the meantime, the Chhari Mubarak Swami Amarnath, headed by Mahant Deependra Giri, was taken to revered Shankaracharya Temple located on the Zabarwan Hills overlooking Srinagar. Monks carried out particular puja on the event. 

This 12 months, the pilgrimage got here within the backdrop of a terror assault that left 26 civilians useless in Pahalgam’s Baisaran meadow. The meadow is adjoining to the yatra route in Pahalgam.