The 20th batch of 4355 Amarnath pilgrims left the Bhagwati Nagar base camp in Jammu in the wee hours today for the twin base camps of Pahalgam in Anantnag and Baltal in Ganderbal districts. AIR correspondent reports that the pilgrims left in a convoy of 166 vehicles amid heavy security cover by CRPF. 1846 pilgrims heading for Baltal were the first to leave the Bhagwati Nagar camp in 72 vehicles followed by the second convoy of 94 vehicles carrying 2509 pilgrims for Pahalgam. With this, a total of 1,20,011 pilgrims have left from the Jammu base camp for the Valley since June 29.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Over 2 lakh pilgrims have so far offered their prayers at the cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas. Worth to mention, the 43 day long pilgrimage to the 3880 metre high cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas commenced on June 30 from the twin tracks of Pahalgam and Baltal which is scheduled to end on August 11 on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan. However, a total of 32 people, mostly pilgrims, have died during the ongoing Amarnath Yatra till now, excluding the 15 pilgrims who died in the flashfloods at the cave shrine on July 1.</span><br />