In this Saturday, July 27, 2019, photo, Hindu pilgrims walk uphill as they participate in the annual amarnath pilgrimage near Chandanwa, Indian controlled Kashmir. India is pitching a Hindu pilgrimage to a snowy cave shrine in disputed, Muslim-majority Kashmir as evidence of peace in a state marred by decades of armed conflict amid popular resistance to Indian rule. The annual yatra, or spiritual journey, to the Amarnath shrine, the hallowed mountain cave where devotees revere an icy stalagmite as an image of Lord Shiva, presents an opportunity for the state of Jammu and Kashmir to show something beyond the frequent skirmishes between armed separatists and Indian soldiers that have cost tens of thousands of lives. (AP Photo/Emily Schmall)
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