Registration of pilgrims for this year's Shri Amarnathji Yatra will commence on 1st March for both the Baltal and Chandanwari routes.<br/><br/>The Registration can be done through 433 designated branches of Punjab National Bank, Jammu and Kashmir Bank and YES Bank located in various States of the country.<br/><br/>This year's Yatra will start simultaneously on both the routes, from 29th June and culminate on Raksha Bandhan, the 7th of August.<br/><br/>In a statement issued in Jammu today, Chief Executive Officer, Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board, P.K. Tripathi, informed that the step-by-step procedure which Yatris need to follow to register for the Yatra has been put on the Board's website : www.shriamarnathjishrine.com .<br/><br/>The website also contains the application form and state-wise list of Bank Branches which Yatris can visit for registering themselves for the pilgrimage.<br/><br/>The CEO said Yatris will have to furnish a Compulsory Health Certificate while seeking registration for the Yatra. Only those Health Certificates which have been issued after 10th February will be considered valid.<br/><br/>Persons under the age of 13 or above 75 years and women who are more than six weeks pregnant will not be registered for the Yatra.

Registration of pilgrims for this year's Shri Amarnathji Yatra will commence on 1st March for both the Baltal and Chandanwari routes.<br/><br/>The Registration can be done through 433 designated branches of Punjab National Bank, Jammu and Kashmir Bank and YES Bank located in various States of the country.<br/><br/>This year's Yatra will start simultaneously on both the routes, from 29th June and culminate on Raksha Bandhan, the 7th of August.<br/><br/>In a statement issued in Jammu today, Chief Executive Officer, Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board, P.K. Tripathi, informed that the step-by-step procedure which Yatris need to follow to register for the Yatra has been put on the Board's website : www.shriamarnathjishrine.com .<br/><br/>The website also contains the application form and state-wise list of Bank Branches which Yatris can visit for registering themselves for the pilgrimage.<br/><br/>The CEO said Yatris will have to furnish a Compulsory Health Certificate while seeking registration for the Yatra. Only those Health Certificates which have been issued after 10th February will be considered valid.<br/><br/>Persons under the age of 13 or above 75 years and women who are more than six weeks pregnant will not be registered for the Yatra.