Kailash Mansarovar Yatra to start on June 30, total 250 pilgrims to have Darshan of Shiva’s abode
PIONEER NEWS SERVICE Dehradun
The Kailash Mansarovar Yatra will begin on June 30 this year. The Uttarakhand government and the Ministry of External Affairs will conduct this pilgrimage. According to State officials, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Adi Kailash made the facilitation of Kailash Mansarovar Yatra easier.
Pilgrims travel through Lipulekh Pass in Pithoragarh district to reach Kailash Mansarovar. However, this pilgrimage was stalled due to the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020. Officials claimed that in addition to PM Modi’s efforts, special efforts by chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, the decision has been taken to conduct this pilgrimage this year.
In a meeting held at the MEA in New Delhi on Monday regarding the pilgrimage, discussions were held on facilitating a safe and successful Kailash Mansarovar pilgrimage. It was decided that in Uttarakhand, the Kumaon Mandal Vikash Nigam will conduct this pilgrimage. The pilgrimage will begin in Delhi and pass through the Lipulekh Pass in Pithoragarh. The pilgrimage will start on June 30 and will involve a total of five groups of 50 members each, totalling to 250 pilgrims.
The first batch of pilgrims to undertake this journey will pass through Lipulekh Pass on July 10 to enter Chinese territory while the last group will depart from Chinese territory for India on August 22. Each group which departs from Delhi will spend a night each in Tanakpur and Dharchula, and two nights each at Gunji and Nabhidhang before entering Chinese territory. After Darshan of Kailash, the groups will spend a night each at Bundi, Chaukodi and Almora in Uttarakhand before reaching Delhi. Each group will spend a total of 22 days on the pilgrimage.
The officials further informed that each person undertaking the pilgrimage will first undergo a health test in Delhi. After that, when the pilgrim reaches Uttarakhand, another health test will be conducted at Gunji in Pithoragarh district with the assistance of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police.
