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Srinagar: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha flagged off the first batch of 4,603 Amarnath Yatra pilgrims from the base camp in Jammu this morning. Before the departure, LG Manoj Sinha offered special prayers at the temple. The 52-day pilgrimage to the cave shrine, located at an altitude of about 13,000 feet in the South Kashmir Himalayas, will commence on June 29. The 52-day long pilgrimage to the cave shrine at a height of about 13,000 feet in South Kashmir Himalayas will commence from the twin trackstraditional 48 km NunwanPahalgam route in Anantnag and 14-km shorter but steep Baltal route i