Kailash Mansarovar Yatra: After the intensive selection process, the first batch of pilgrims to set the Lipulek route. Bharat News

They have to be sent to five batches of 50 Passengers (Pilgrims), including two contact officials, 10 batch of 50 per batch through Lipulek route, and 10 batch of 50 Passengers Through the Nathu La route via each Sikkim. While the Mansarovar Lake is at an altitude of 4,600 meters, Mount Kailash, is located nearby, is 6,638 meters high.

Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami flagged off the first batch with 32 men and 13 women.

The pilgrimage of two centers of faith in China’s Tibet Autonomous region was initially suspended in 2020 due to an epidemic and was caught after the military deadlock between India and China.

Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami flagged off the first batch with 32 men and 13 women. (Express photo)

Travel Kumaon Mandal Vikas Nigam is convenient from Uttarakhand. The agency provides transport, housing and food from Delhi to Lipuleke, after which the pilgrims are handed over to the authorities in China. Passengers After the journey is completed, Delhi is later taken back to Delhi.

District Tourism Development Officer, Pithorgarh, Kirti Arya said that the first batch of pilgrims consists of persons from 11 states, the highest from Gujarat. “The Lipuleke route is before 1981 and is the oldest. The distance of the Indian side has been reduced by 27 km in 2019, one kilometer this year, and motorable roads have been built to connect countries. Passengers Initially, will stay in Dharwula on Saturday and Gunji, on the border of Nepal and Tibet, for two nights, to help them for the weather. On 8 and 9 July, he will stay in Nabidang and leave for Lipuleke on 10 July. The next seven days will be spent in Taklakot (Barung) in Tibet, and Passengers Mount will start pilgrimage for Kailash and Mansarovar. The batch will return to Lipuleke on 18 July, ”he said.

Doctors have been deployed at the border to ensure safety of PassengersThose who require passports and are sent after medical test to check their fitness.

The interaction between the two countries was revived to facilitate the journey after Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri visited China, where the two countries agreed to resume it. Start again Travel Officially the first discussion was discussed when Foreign Minister K Jaishankar met Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in November 2024 and later in December 2024 in a meeting of Special Representatives in Beijing between National Security Advisor Ajit Dowal and Wang Yi.