As many as 2.20 lakh pilgrims visited the Amarnath cave shrine this year, as the annual 48-day pilgrimage concluded on Thursday.
The number of pilgrims visiting the shrine, decreased this year after protests gripped the Kashmir valley, following the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani in south Kashmir on July 8.
The number of pilgrims this year comes after 1.70 lakh yatris who visited the cave shrine in 2003.
The record breaking number of devotees (6.35 lakh) visited the cave shrine in 2011 and 2012.