2001 Amarnath pilgrimage massacre

Amarnath pilgrimage massacre in 2001 March 2018 March 2018 Amarnath pilgrimage terrorist-attack massacre (2000) 2001 Amarnath pilgrimage massacre Sheshnag Lake, Jammu and Kashmir, India Hindu Pilgrims 20 July 2001 Mass murder Islamist Terrorism On 20 July 2001, in the month of Shraavana, 13 people were killed and 15 others injured in a terror attack on a pilgrim night camp at Sheshnag Lake near the Amarnath Temple glacial cave shrine in Kashmir Valley in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, in two explosions and firing by militants."Amarnath Yatra devotees have faced repeated terror attacks: Here's the blood-soaked history of pilgrimage", First Post, 11 July 2017.Vicky Nanjappa, Amarnath yatra has been attacked thrice in the past, One India News. 11 July 2017.6 pilgrims among 13 killed in 2 blasts, The Tribune, 11 July 2017. In a pre-dawn attack, terrorists penetrated several layers of security cordon and exploded two improvised explosive devices (lEDs), casualties included 8 Hindu civilian pilgrims entailing 2 women, and 3 Muslim civilians and 2 security personnel.2001, Kashmir, Data India, Issues 27-52, pp.650.] Background December 2024 The 48-days July–August annual Hindu pilgrimage, undertaken by up to 600,000 or more pilgrims to 130 ft high glacial Amarnath cave shrine of iced stalagmite Shiv linga e at 12,756 ft in Himalayas, is called Amarnath Yatra.Amarnath Yatra explained, Amarnath Yatra organisation.http://www.oneindiaonline.com/amarnath-yatra-tourism.php Amarnath Yatra Tourism Information oneindiaonline.comAmarnath: Journey to the shrine of a Hindu god, Boston.Com https://web.archive.org/web/20160329172255/http://archive.boston.com/ 29 March 2016 , 13 July 20112. It begins with a 43 km mountainous trek from the Nunwan and Chandanwari base camps at Pahalgam and reaches cave-shine after night halts at Sheshnag Lake and Panchtarni camps.Amarnath yatra ends, fewest pilgrims in decade, The Hindu, 18 August 2016. The yatra is both a way of earning revenue by the state government by imposing tax on pilgrims,BJP demands removal of Amarnath yatra entry fee, Times of India.No Additional Tax Levied on Vehicles Going to Amarnath and Vaishno Devi, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Finance of Government of India, 2010. and making living by the local Shia Muslim Bakarwal-GujjarsDecember 2024 by taking a portion of revenue and by offering services to the Hindu pilgrims, and this source of income has been threatened by the militant groups who have banned and attacked the yatra numerous times,Carl W. Ernst, 2016, Refractions of Islam in India: Situating Sufism and Yoga, SAGE Publications, 9351509648.Muslim group asks for reviving Amarnath Yatra, Times of India, 17 July 2016.Expert Speak on Kashmir: No algorithm for Azadi, Observer Research Foundation, August 2016.http://www.rediff.com/news/1998/jul/09kash.htm Rediff On The NeT: Harkatul Mujaheedin 'bans' Amarnath Yatra Rediff.com 9 July 1998 2013-04-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20150510211911/http://rajyasabha.gov.in/journals/178/26081996.htm 10 May 2015 as well as have massacred at least 30 and injured at least 60 people in Amarnath pilgrimage terrorist-attack massacre (2000) causing the deaths of 21 unarmed Hindu pilgrims, 7 Muslim civilians and 3 security forces in a two hour long indiscriminate shoot out at Pahalgam town in Anantnag district. This attack on Amarnath yatra was part of the larger 1st and 2nd August 2000 Kashmir massacre in 5 separate coordinated terrorist attacks that killed at least 89 (official count) to 105 people (as reported by PTI), and injured at least 62 more."Night of massacres leaves 105 dead in valley", The Tribune, 3 August 2000. Aftermath Union Government of India released the additional funding and state Government of Jammu and Kashmir tightened the security. Few weeks later Bin Laden launched September 11 attacks on USA which forced the change in global response to the Islamic terror attacks from aloof and sporadic to united and coordinated.9/11 anniversary: How the world changed in 15 years, Indian Express, 11 September 2016. 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