New Delhi: The Kailash Mansarovar pilgrimage will commence on June 8, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Thursday while announcing that elderly pilgrims and those with mobility issues will now be able to visit Mount Kailash for the first time through a motorable route passing through China.
Sushma Swaraj also unveiled a website that has detailed information about the yatra.”The yatra (pilgrimage) until 2014 was through only one way through the Lipulekh pass (in Uttarakhand), which was very difficult and only the youth or a very fit person could go on that route. There is now the Nathu-La pass, a motorable route and comfortable to use. The old and people with mobility issues can also go this time by car till Mount Mansarovar,” Sushma Swaraj told the media here.
Kailash Mansarovar yatra to begin on 8th June
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