Kailash Mansarovar

India-China to resume Kailash Mansarovar Yatra, agree on flight services

India on Thursday said there is a possibility of resumption of the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra soon and preparations for it are underway. India and China have been looking at resuming the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra as part of efforts to improve ties after the two countries completed disengagement of troops at the two remaining friction points of Demchok and Depsang under the framework of a pact sealed in October last year. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said both India and China have agreed in-principle to resume flight services between the two sides as well and that relevant modalities are being worked out. The move to resume the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra and flight services is part of efforts by India and China to repair the ties hit by the over four-year military standoff along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh. "We will soon issue a public notice on the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra and there is a possibility of resumption of the Yatra soon," Exter

India, China agree to resume Kailash Mansarovar Yatra in 2025: MEA's secy

India and China on Monday decided to resume the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra as the two sides agreed to take certain people-centric steps to "stabilise and rebuild" ties. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said this following Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri's talks with his Chinese counterpart Sun Weidong in Beijing. It said the two sides also agreed in principle to resume direct air services between the two countries. "As agreed between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping at their meeting in Kazan in October, the two sides reviewed the state of India-China bilateral relations comprehensively and agreed to take certain people-centric steps to stabilize and rebuild ties," the MEA said. "In this context, the two sides decided to resume the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra in the summer of 2025," it said. The MEA said the two sides also agreed to hold an early meeting of the India-China expert level mechanism to discuss resumption of provision of hydrological data and other

Nepal aims to facilitate 1 bn Hindu pilgrims to Kailash Mansarovar: Min

Banking on the shortest route for Hindu pilgrims to reach Kailash Mansarovar in Tibet, Nepal plans to tap 1 billion travellers to the holy site once the agreement with China is in place, Minister for Foreign Affairs Narayan Prakash Saud said on Thursday. Situated in the Ngari prefecture of the Tibet Autonomous Region, the Kailash Mansarovar pilgrimage is considered the most sacred by Hindus across the world. The two natural sacrosanct places are also revered by Buddhists, Jains and Tibet's indigenous Bonpa faith. Saud's ambitious plan assumes significance as scores of Indian Hindus from across the world prefer to go for the revered Kailash Mansarovar Yatra via Nepal. In fact, even Indians who want to save time and escape the arduous trek through the Indian terrain, prefer to go via Nepal through private operators. That translates into a rich foreign exchange for the Nepal government. Post the COVID-19 pandemic-induced lockdowns, China opened the Kailash Mansarovar pilgrimage this ..

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China plans international airport in Tibet; to facilitate Mansarovar visit

Baimanyangzong, Director General in the Foreign Affairs Office of China's TAR, spoke about the efforts Chinese government has made and further making to ease travel of Kailash Mansarovar Yatra pilgrim

All 1,430 stranded pilgrims airlifted from Kailash Mansarovar

The pilgrims were stuck for the past five-six days as continued downpour in western Nepal had blocked the transportation

Kailash Mansarovar: China mum over stopping Indian pilgrims near Nathu-la

Reports suggest the Chinese had taken the decision due to the landslides in Tibet

Ensure India's image is not tarnished: Sushma Swaraj to Mansarovar pilgrims

1,430 pilgrims are going in 25 batches through Lipulekh Pass in Uttarakhand and Nathu La Pass in Sikkim

500 Indian pilgrims enroute Kailash Mansarovar stranded in Nepal

Stranded pilgrims are part of tour organised by private travel operators; due to inclement weather evacuation process is hampered