my knowledge : Amarnath cave/ Amarnath Temple

about Amarnath cave- Amarnath is a Hindu shrine located in jammu and kashmir, India. It is dedicated to shiva. The cave is situated at an altitude of 12,756 ft, about 141 km from srinagar, . The shrine forms an important part of Hindusm, and considered to be one of the holiest shrines in Hinduism. The cave is surrounded by snowy mountains. the cave is open on the summer season. Thousands of Hindu devotees make an annual pilgrimage to the Amarnath cave on challenging mountainous terrain and the terrorist coming from pakisthan just to see an shivling made up of ice formed inside the cave.

history of amarnath-- The Amarnath cave has been a place of worship since times immemorial. There are references to the legendary king Aryaraja (ascribed dates 300 BC) who used to worship a shivling formed of ice in Kashmir. It is believed that Queen Suryamathi in the 11th century AD gifted trishuls, banalingas and other sacred emblems to this temple.

about the shiv ling in amarnath- Inside the Amarnath cave, the stalagmite is formed due to freezing of water drops that fall from the roof of the cave on to the floor and grows up vertically from the cave floor. It is considered to be a shivling . The Cave open during May to August, as snow melts in the Himalayan region .

According to a legend, this is the cave where Shivji explained the secret of life and eternity to his wife,Parvati. so during that time there were a two pegion who were listening to that story and they became amar. so sometime we can also see the amar kabutar inside the cave.devotee beleave that if we see an amar kabutar then our life will became better.

The main purpose of the annual pilgrimage to the cave is worship of the shivling made up of ice and to see the amar kabutaar.

yatra in amarnath- The temple is a popular yatra destination for the devotees. In 2011 it received about 634,000 persons. The number was 622,000 in 2012 and 350,000 in 2013. Pilgrims visit the holy site during the 45-day season around the festival of shravan mela in July–August, there are different way to yatra such as from pahalgram,chandwari,pissu top,sheshnag,and panchtarni.1.

Security during the time of yatra

Every year, thousands of central police and state police personnel are deployed to provide security to pilgrims from potential terror threats. main reason for the security is that many times pakisthan given a warning to attack on the amarnath cave and sometime pak ranger also done attack during yatra and sometime there is a chanse of attack from a huriat people.so during the time of summer the full police force,B.S.F force and army force

Were given work for the security of the devotees and the shivling.