Route to Holy Cave during Amarnath Yatra
There are two routes to the Holy Cave one is BALTAL Route and another is PHALGAM route. The distance and time taken for journey upto Holy Cave by two routes is given below:
Baltal Axis (District Ganderbal)
Location | Distance | Mode of Trspt | By Air | |
ByMech.Trpt | By pony | Neelgrath toPanjtarni | ||
Baltal toPahalgam | 200 Kms | 5 hours | – |
10 min |
Sgr to Neelgrath | 94 kms | 3 hrs | – | |
Baltal toDomel | 2.75 kms | 1 hr (on foot) | 30 min | |
Domel toBrarimarg | 6 kms | 3-4 hrs(on foot) | 2 hrs | |
Brarimarg toHoly Cave | 6 kms | 2 to 3 hrs (on foot) | 2hrs | |
Baltal toHoly Cave | 14 kms | 8 hrs (onfoot) | 4.50 hrs |
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Pahalgam Axis (District Anantnag)
Location | Distance | Mode of Transport | By Air | |
ByMech.Trpt | By pony | PahalgamtoPanjtarni | ||
Pahalgam toBaltal | 200 kms | 5 hours | – |
15 min |
Distance fromJammu toKhanabal | 239 km | 8 hrsBy car/Coach | – | |
Khanabal toPahalgam | 40 km | 90 minBy car/Coach | – | |
Pahalgam toChandanwari | 16 kms | 1 hr | 5 hrs | |
Chandanwarito Sheshnag | 12kms | 6hrs (on foot) | 4 hrs | |
Sheshnag toPanjtarni | 14 kms | 8 hrs (onfoot) | 5 hrs | |
Panjtarni toHoly Cave | 6 kms | 3 hrs (onfoot) | 2 hrs | |
Nunwan toHoly Cave | 48 kms | 1 hour uptoChandanwari | 12 Hours fromChandanwari toHoly Cave |