The US nationals have been watching videos of aarti on Youtube regularly for the last 3 years. (Image: ANI)
They also praised the Shri Amarnath Ji Shrine board calling their work “flawless,” and saying that the amount of programmes and pujas organised is “impressive.”
Calling it a “feeling impossible to describe,” two American men were among scores of Indian devotees to undertake the holy Amarnath Yatra to a 3,880-metre-high cave shrine in Himalayas this year.
Spotted hiking on the pilgrimage tracks, the two US nationals said it was their dream to come here and they feel grateful.
“We have been watching the YouTube Aarti videos of this place for almost everyday, the last 3 years,” one of them said in a video shared by news agency ANI.
#WATCH | Two US nationals from California, undertake Amarnath Yatra in J&K.They say, “…Swami Vivekananda came to Amarnath, he had a very important experience. I have known of this story for 40 years…It seemed impossible & was a dream to come here. But by Bholenath’s grace,… pic.twitter.com/rY1UIhVtu5
— ANI (@ANI) July 11, 2023
“Swami Vivekananda came to Amarnath, he had a very important experience. I have known of this story for 40 years…It seemed impossible & was a dream to come here. But by Bholenath’s grace, everything came together and here we are…We can’t explain how we feel…”they added.
The annual pilgrimage, considered holy in the Hinduism, is located at a 3,880-metre-high holy cave shrine of Amarnath in the south Kashmir amid Himalayas.
They also praised the Shri Amarnath Ji Shrine board calling their work “flawless,” and saying that the amount of programmes and pujas organised is “impressive.”
“We hope that the kind of peace that prevails in this place, these mountains, and the holy cave also prevails everywhere else,” they added.
Amarnath Yatra
The Amarnath Yatra is a pilgrimage on the twin tracks of the traditional 48-km Nunwan-Pahalgam route in Anantnag district and the 14-km shorter but steep Baltal route in Ganderbal district.
Amarnath is considered to be one of the holiest shrines of Lord Shiva.
The Yatra takes places in the Shravan month of the Hindu calendar and this is the only time that the caves are accessible to general public. The yatra will last till August 31 this year.
The yatra, which was suspended due to the repair works of the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in the Ramban area, resumed from the Jammu base camp on on July 1.
This year’s yatra is significant as it is expected to see over 6 lakh pilgrims. Over three lakh people have already registered for the journey till Wednesday. The number of registrations so far, is 10 per cent more than last year, the shrine board said.
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