An elderly Hindu devotee is carried by Kashmiri Muslim porters during the pilgrimage from Sangam to the holy Amarnath Cave Shrine, in Srinagar on August 18, 2013. Every year, hundreds of thousands of pilgrims trek through treacherous mountains in revolt-torn Kashmir, along icy streams, glacier-fed lakes and frozen passes, to reach the Amarnath cave, located at an altitude of 3,857 meters (12,729 feet), where a Shiva Lingam, an ice stalagmite shaped as a phallus and symbolizing the Hindu God Shiva, stands for worship. TAUSEEF MUSTAFA/AFP/Getty Images ( 522176462 )