PAHALGAM: Hindus began a vast month-long pilgrimage in contested Indian Kashmir on Thursday (Jul 3), with many of the faithful starting from near the site where a deadly April attack triggered conflict with Pakistan . Last year, half a million devotees took part in the Amarnath pilgrimage to a sacred ice pillar located in a cave in the forested Himalayan hills above the town of Pahalgam. Pahalgam is the site where gunmen on Apr 22 killed 26 mostly Hindu tourists. New Delhi said the gunmen were