Amarnath Yatra 2016

• 1 Night accommodation in Sonmarg with Breakfast & dinner.
• 2 Nights accommodation in House boat, Srinagar with Breakfast & Dinner.
• All transfers and Half day Sightseeing by Private Non AC Car.
• Helicopter Ticket: Baltal – Panjtarni – Baltal.

• Service tax extra @ 3.63% of the total bill amount.
• Any other meal unless specified above.
• Expenses of personal nature such as drinks, telephone, laundry bills etc.
• Tips and porter charges.
• Guide Charges.
• Any Airfare.
• Monument entrances.
• Any additional expenses incurred due to any flight delay or cancellation, weather conditions, political closures, technical faults, Landslides, Road Blocks etc.
• Any other service/s not specified above.

• Any form of additional charges occurred due to unforeseen conditions such as delay or cancellation of flights, weather conditions, political closures, technical faults, landslide and roadblock etc. are not included in this Yatra package.

Amarnath Yatra in 2016 will start from July month.

Behind the discovery of the Holy Shrine lies an interesting story. Centuries ago Maa Parvati asked Shivji to let her know why and when he started wearing the beads of heads (Mund Mala), to which Bhole Shankar replied, “Whenever you are born I add more heads to my bead”. Parvati said, “I die again and again, but you are Immortal. Please tell me the reason behind this”. “Bhole Shankar replied that for this you will have to listen to the Amar Katha”

Shiv agreed to narrate the detailed story to Maa Parvati. He started for a lonely place where no living being could listen to the immortal secret and ultimately chose Amarnath Cave.

To ensure that no living being is able to hear the Immortal Tale, he created Kalagni and ordered him to spread fire to eliminate every living thing in and around the Holy Cave. After this he started narrating the secret of immortality to Maa Parvati. But as a matter of chance a pair of pigeons overhead the story and became immortal.

Many pilgrims report seeing the pair of pigeons at the Holy Shrine even today and are amazed as to how these birds survive in such a cold and high altitude area

History & Significance

Amarnath features a linga made of ice. Swayambu lingas are revered greatly among the hindu society because they are naturally formed and are considered abodes of lord shiva.

Devotees flock to this incredible shrine, where the image of Shiva, in the form of a Lingam, is formed naturally of an Ice Stalagmite, which waxes and wanes with the Moon’s cycle. By its side are fascinating, two more Ice Lingams, that of Maa Parvati and of their son, Ganesha .

The Cave waxes during May to August, as snow melts in the Himalayas above the cave and the resultant water seeps into the rocks that form the cave and gradually wanes thereafter. As per the religious beliefs, it has been claimed that the lingam grows and shrinks with the phases of the moon reaching its height during the summer festival.

Visiting Time

The Amarnath Yatra is organised every year by the J &K Govt. during the month of sharavan ( July and August); the dates  however , vary every year looking  at the weather  conditions and according to Purnima (Raksha Bandhan) in the month of Sharavan

The climatic conditions are very uncertain. Rain or snowfall may take place at any time or  place during the Yatra . It is to be particularly noted that abrupt changes in temperature might occur. Sunny weather may turn into rain / snow fall in a short time.  The temperature may fall upto -5 degree C.