Two pilgrims died on Tuesday after paying obeisance at the 3,880-metre high holy cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir, taking the death toll in the ongoing yatra to six, officials said.
Chander Shakher (73), resident of Karnataka, fell unconscious after performing ‘darshan’ near the cave shrine around 11.35 am. He was rushed to base camp hospital where doctors declared him as brought dead, they said.
His body was handed over to his relatives for last rites, the officials said.Shiva Kanth Mishra (59), resident of Uttar Pradesh, suffered cardiac arrest when he was retuning.