Panchtarni
Panchtarni
Panchtarni camp Panchtarni river Panchtarni valley | |
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River valley and hill camp | |
View of Panchtarni river valley | |
| Coordinates: 34°11′21″N 75°29′53″E / 34.189285°N 75.4981834°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Jammu and Kashmir |
| Elevation | 3,505 m (11,500 ft) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Urdu |
| • Local | Kashmiri |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 192126 |
Panchtarni is a locality in Anantnag district of the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is a popular pilgrimage and tourist destination on the way to Amarnath Temple near the Amarnath Glacier in Himalayas. It is located 40 kilometres (25 mi) from Pahalgam base camp and 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) ahead of last halt camp of Sheshnag Lake in the north. It is a meadowland on the banks of eponymous Panchtarni River where five glacier-fed tributary streams meet in eponymous Panchtarni Valley surrounded by snow-capped mountains at an altitude of 11,500 feet (3,500 m). It is also the final helicopter drop off for the Amarnath yatra pilgrims, who have to trek the rest of the 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) journey either on foot or by mule from this camp.