Overview
- An Instagram video shared by Nehaa Bhatt showing her climb of the Amarnath Yatra’s Baltal route has gone viral and received wide coverage in national outlets.
- The footage shows Bhatt using a prosthetic limb, a wooden walking stick and a forearm crutch while a companion walks closely behind to offer support when needed.
- Bhatt’s public profile and coverage note she lost a leg in a 2021 road accident and thanked the companion in her post with the caption referencing “Chhote bhai.”
- Viewers praised her determination and the clip prompted discussion after observers noted several able-bodied pilgrims in the same footage travelling on horses or in palanquins instead of on foot.
- The Baltal route is shorter but far steeper than the Pahalgam path, and this incident has focused attention on physical barriers, on-the-ground support and accommodation options for pilgrims with disabilities.