Guest guest Posted July 4, 2007 Report Share Posted July 4, 2007 Amarnath Shiva Lingam Melted Completely SRINAGAR, INDIA, July 1, 2007: The CEO of the Amarnath Shrine Board Arun Kumar has said that the main Shiva ingam at Amarnath has melted away. The Shiva Lingam at the Amarnath shrine is formed naturally from ice, and Kumar has said that the melting of the Shiva Lingam was due to environmental reasons. However, Kumar has added that the Ganesh and Parvati lingams on either side of the Shiva Lingam are still there. Earlier the Amarnath yatra resumed on Sunday after bad weather halted the annual pilgrimage. Nearly 13,000 pilgrims are taking part. Thousands of stranded pilgrims protested the government's alleged failure to provide them food and shelter. Pilgrims were not allowed to proceed from Jammu-base camp due to blockade of a road and bad weather conditions on the Srinagar-Sonamaragh-Baltal and Pahalgam-Chandanwari-Cave routes, they said. It has been raining heavily en route to the cave shrine with extreme cold weather prevailing in the region, they said. Over 10,000 pilgrims from across the country have arrived in the Jammu-base camp as the first batch of the pilgrims was scheduled to leave for the shrine on June 30. www.ndtv.com Now you can scan emails quickly with a reading pane. Get the new Mail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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