Amarnath Yatra showcases the bonding between Kashmiris and the pilgrims.
Over 40,000 people have visited the Amarnath cave shrine in Jammu and Kashmir since the pilgrimage began earlier this month.
Instrumental in the running of the annual pilgrimage is the role that the local Kashmiri Muslims have played. Hundreds of locals put up stalls at the yatra base camps at Baltal and Pahalgam.
Besides being a business provider for the locals, the Amarnath Yatra also showcases the bonding between Kashmiris and the pilgrims.
Tariq Ahmad looks forward to the Amarnath Yatra all year. He sells Kashmiri shawls and phirans (traditional Kashmiri outfit) to the yatris at Baltal, but more than business, Mr Ahmad says serving the pilgrims gives him a sense of satisfaction.
"We wait for the Amarnath Yatra for the whole year, we want that the yatra to progress peacefully - our livelihood is dependent on it," said Mr Ahmad.
"All Kashmiri products are very good and they are selling at reasonable rates," said Dimple, a pilgrim from Punjab.
The Amarnath Yatra would be incomplete without local involvement. In fact it was a Kashmiri Muslim family that discovered the cave in the 15th century.
The locals were also instrumental in relief and rescue operations in 1996, when a snow storm killed 200 on the route of the yatra.
Mohammad Amir, who sells walking sticks, says, "We sell walking sticks. Business is good, the more the yatris come, the better will be our business."