More than 93,000 pilgrims have paid obeisance at the 3,880-metre-high cave shrine in the south Himalayas during the first four days of the pilgrimage, with the figure expected to cross the one-lakh mark later in the day

Officials said the sixth batch comprised 5,831 men, 2,193 women, 31 children, 598 sadhus, 131 sadhvis and 31 foreign nationals

Of them, 3,989 pilgrims travelling in 181 vehicles left for the Baltal base camp in central Kashmir''s Ganderbal district, while 4,826 pilgrims in 182 vehicles proceeded towards the traditional Pahalgam route in south Kashmir''s Anantnag district, taking the convoy strength to 363 vehicles

With Tuesday's departure, a total of 34,829 pilgrims have left the Jammu base camp for Kashmir since the yatra commenced on July 2

Today's convoy was the largest since the start of the pilgrimage, surpassing the previous highest of 6,721 pilgrims on Sunday, an official said. A total of 5,794 pilgrims had left on Monday, while 4,812 departed on July 4.