Over 1.34 lakh people have registered themselves for the annual pilgrimage to the 13,500-feet-high cave shrine of Amarnath in the Himalayas in Jammu and Kashmir.

"Over 1,34,174 pilgrims have secured yatra permit as registered pilgrims through Internet based e-registration and at bank registration counters across the country till today, the eleventh day of registration," vice-president and nodal officer of registration at J&K Bank Abdul Hamid said.

He said 70,565 pilgrims have opted to undertake the pilgrimage through the traditional Pahalgam route via south Kashmir while over 63,610 have opted for the Baltal route via central Kashmir.

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