Jammu, July 6 (TIWN) Over 67,000 pilgrims performed the Amarnath Yatra during the first five days while another batch of 5,124 yatris left Jammu on Saturday, officials said.

The yatris on Saturday left Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas in two escorted convoys for the Kashmir Valley. The Yatra began on July 1. "Of these, 1,994 yatris left in the first escorted convoy at 3 am for Baltal base camp while the second convoy of 3,130 yatris left at 3.20 am in the second convoy for the Pahalgam base camp," a police officer said.