This is the stunning moment Indian police personnel form a human shield to protect pilgrims from falling rocks. <br /><br />The pilgrims were trekking to Amarnath temple, a sacred shrine for Hindus in Jammu and Kashmir in the remote Himalayas, when a melting glacier started spewing stones on July 4. <br /><br />An Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) team quickly formed a wall of human shield to stop the falling rocks and ensure safe passage to pilgrims. <br /><br />A video shared by ITBP shows the men stopping the falling stones and risking their personal safety. <br /><br />ITBP officials said the incident took place on the Baltal route of the pilgrimage. <br /><br />Pilgrims make an arduous trek of up to 45 km for the annual Amarnath pilgrimage. The rapidly melting Himalayan glaciers have made their trek more challenging. <br /><br />Scientists say the melting of Himalayan glaciers has drastically accelerated since the turn of the century and the famed mountains have lost more than a quarter of all ice cover over the last four decades.
