
IN THIS JUNE 29 PHOTO, Indian Hindu pilgrims line up to enter the Amarnath cave, near Sangam, 83 miles from Srinagar, India. Thousands of pilgrims annually go to the remote Himalayan shrine of Amarnath at 12,756 feet above sea level to worship an icy stalagmite representing Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction. Below, a line made up of thousands of pilgrims waits to worship at the shrine.
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