Jammu:A 33rd batch of 603 pilgrims on Thursday left from Bhagwati Nagar base camp here for Amarnath Cave Shrine in a convoy of 16 vehicles chanting ‘bam bam bhole’.

“The pilgrims left from here to perform pilgrimage from both Baltal and Pahalgam routes,” an official here said.

He said that the pilgrims comprised of 388 male, 168 females, 38 Sadhus and nine Sadhvis left in 11 buses and five light motor vehicles.

UNI