<p>Srinagar: Nearly 15,000 people paid obeisance on Sunday at the holy cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir Himalayas on the second day of the annual pilgrimage, according to officials.</p>.<p>The total number of pilgrims who visited the cave shrine in the first two days has now crossed 28,000.</p>.<p>"As many as 14,717 pilgrims had darshan of the ice lingam in the Amarnath cave on Sunday," the officials said here.</p>.ONGC sets up two 100-bed hospitals at twin base camps for Amarnath pilgrims in Kashmir.<p>They said 9,979 male pilgrims and 3,439 female pilgrims were among those who paid obeisance at the cave shrine.</p>.<p>Over 1,000 security personnel, 83 children and two transgenders also performed the pilgrimage.</p>.<p>The Yatra started on Saturday from the twin tracks -- the traditional 48-km Nunwan-Pahalgam route in Anantnag and the 14-km shorter but steeper Baltal route in Ganderbal.</p>.<p>The 52-day pilgrimage will conclude on August 19.</p>.<p>More than 4.5 lakh pilgrims paid obeisance at the cave shrine last year.</p>
<p>Srinagar: Nearly 15,000 people paid obeisance on Sunday at the holy cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir Himalayas on the second day of the annual pilgrimage, according to officials.</p>.<p>The total number of pilgrims who visited the cave shrine in the first two days has now crossed 28,000.</p>.<p>"As many as 14,717 pilgrims had darshan of the ice lingam in the Amarnath cave on Sunday," the officials said here.</p>.ONGC sets up two 100-bed hospitals at twin base camps for Amarnath pilgrims in Kashmir.<p>They said 9,979 male pilgrims and 3,439 female pilgrims were among those who paid obeisance at the cave shrine.</p>.<p>Over 1,000 security personnel, 83 children and two transgenders also performed the pilgrimage.</p>.<p>The Yatra started on Saturday from the twin tracks -- the traditional 48-km Nunwan-Pahalgam route in Anantnag and the 14-km shorter but steeper Baltal route in Ganderbal.</p>.<p>The 52-day pilgrimage will conclude on August 19.</p>.<p>More than 4.5 lakh pilgrims paid obeisance at the cave shrine last year.</p>