Jammu: Nearly 24,000 pilgrims have paid obeisance at the Amarnath cave shrine in South Kashmir during the first three days of the pilgrimage, while the fourth batch of 1,842 pilgrims today left for the yatra, officials said here.

"Till this morning, over 2,4000 pilgrims have performed darshan of holy 'ice lingum' of Lord Shiva at cave shrine of Amarnath since the beginning of yatra", an official of Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB) said.