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A security personnel stand guard while pilgrims trek the route to the sacred Amarnath Cave shrine near Dhumail in Sonamarg, 110 km north-east of Srinagar, India. Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims flock each year to the Amarnath shrine which contains a large icicle revered by Hindus as an incarnation of Lord Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction and regeneration.