Overview

• Over 321,000 pilgrims have completed darshan in the first 19 days of the 38-day pilgrimage concluding on August 9.
• Authorities closed on-spot registration after daily batch sizes dwindled, processing new arrivals exclusively at the Jammu base camp.
• More than 400,000 devotees have secured online slots, raising hopes of eclipsing last year’s 450,000 turnout and the 2023 peak of 512,000 pilgrims.
• Security deployments include 8,000 special forces reinforcing 180 CAPF companies alongside the Indian Army, Jammu and Kashmir Police and counter-drone systems.
• Pilgrims traverse either a four-day, 46-kilometer Pahalgam trek or a same-day, 14-kilometer Baltal route to reach the 3,880-meter cave shrine.