Source: blogs.telegraph.
UNITED KINGDOM, June 6, 2010:
For the first time ever, the 400,000 Hindu pilgrims on the Amarnath Yatra will be able
to take their mobile phones with them, after the state-owned operator BSNL
said it would erect nine signal masts along the route. BSNL's announcement is part
of the Indian government's plan to promote mobile telephony in inhospitable areas.
And the masts will stay there after the Yatra (pilgrimage) is over.
For some, the idea of being able to use a mobile on such a mission is sacrilegious,
For some, the idea of being able to use a mobile on such a mission is sacrilegious,
but for most it will likely prove a means of support during a very dangerous journey.
The Yatra is a truly perilous trip to embark on. Not only is it a grueling and sinuous
climb to 12,750 feet to see an ice lingam that appears in a cave between
June and August - the route can also be blighted by unseasonal blizzards,
and is a terrorist target for Kashmiri separatists.
The Yatra has a checkered history and was suspended for five years
The Yatra has a checkered history and was suspended for five years
in the 1990s after terrorist threats. The situation worsened when the suspension
was lifted. In 1996, 100,000 yatris were caught in a storm that killed 242 people
and four years later, in 2000, militants massacred 30 people
as they began their slow march.
For Hindus, the Amarnath Caves are one of their religion's holiest shrines and
For Hindus, the Amarnath Caves are one of their religion's holiest shrines and
where the God Shiva explained the secret of life and eternity to his divine consort
Parvati, more than 5,000 years ago. Devotees can make the 26-mile Yatra on foot
from the town of Pahalgam, a journey that takes four to five days - or the shorter
route from the town of Baltal, that takes about eight hours.
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