1.   At least six pilgrims have died of exposure to the cold this year.

2.   At least nine pilgrims have died of exposure to the cold this year.

3.   Eight pilgrims died instantly and three others died later in a local hospital, PTI said.

4.   Two elderly pilgrims from southeast Asia died Tuesday from the heat while stoning the pillars, the al-Medina newspaper reported.

5.   Usually, fewer than a dozen pilgrims die each year from exertion or accident.

6.   Five pilgrims have died of exposure.

7.   The pilgrims died at the end of August when the annual trek to the Amarnath cave was overtaken by snow blizzards and heavy rain.

8.   Thirty-five pilgrims died last year in a stampede during that ritual, the third such tragedy in less than a decade.

9.   Thirty-five pilgrims died last year in a stampede during the stoning.

10.   One Bangladeshi pilgrim also died in the resulting stampede, officials here earlier confirmed, adding none of the camps accommodating Bangladeshi pilgrims were affected by the fire.