Amarnath Yatra 2019 Dates: When is Amarnath Yatra 2019?

According to Shri Amarnath Shrine Board, 2,85,006 visited the shrine in 2018. The Board is responsible for the management of the Amarnath Yatra.

The pilgrimage takes up a lot of state administration’s time and there is a deployment of heavy security during the yatra. With a need to man the entire national highway from Lakhanpur to Kashmir Valley and other routes like Baltal and Pahalgam with security forces, the state administration starts deploying personals at least 15 days prior to its commencement.

Citing its commencement, the Election Commission on Tuesday said that the dates for the Assembly election in Jammu and Kashmir will be announced once the Amarnath Yatra concludes. This year, August 15, the day of Shravan Purnima marks the concluding date for the pilgrimage.

Amarnath yatra has suffered setbacks with militant threats and attacks since 1990. As many as 53 pilgrims have been killed in 36 terror attacks on the annual Amarnath yatra in last 27 years, Minister of State for Home, Hansraj Ahir had said in Lok Sabha in 2017.

In the same year, a group of militants had carried out an attack on a bus carrying the 56 pilgrims. Seven including five women were killed and fifteen were injured.