{"id":29280,"date":"2025-05-21T12:00:26","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T12:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/?p=29280"},"modified":"2025-05-21T12:00:26","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T12:00:26","slug":"750-pilgrims-selected-for-upcoming-kailash-manasarovar-yatra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/750-pilgrims-selected-for-upcoming-kailash-manasarovar-yatra\/","title":{"rendered":"750 Pilgrims Selected For Upcoming Kailash Manasarovar Yatra"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi, May 21: A total of 750 pilgrims were chosen through a computerised draw of lots on Wednesday for the upcoming Kailash Manasarovar Yatra in Tibet which is taking place after a gap of nearly five years.<br \/>\nThe resumption of the Yatra is being seen as an attempt to normalise India-China relationship that was severely hit by the eastern Ladakh border standoff.<br \/>\nThis year\u2019s pilgrimage will begin in June and continue until August, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said.<br \/>\nThe Kailash Mansarovar Yatra was suspended initially in 2020 because of the Covid-19 pandemic and subsequently because of the military standoff between the two sides on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh.<br \/>\nThe pilgrimage to Mount Kailash and Mansarovar Lake in China\u2019s Tibet Autonomous Region holds religious significance to Hindus as well as Jains and Buddhists.<br \/>\nThe MEA is the organiser of the pilgrimage.<br \/>\nMinister of State for External Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh conducted the computerised draw for selection of the people who had registered online for the pilgrimage.<br \/>\nThe pilgrims were selected in the draw through a \u201cfair, computer-generated, random, gender-balanced\u201d selection process, the MEA said.<br \/>\nIt said 5,561 people including 4,024 men and 1,537 women applicants had registered online for the pilgrimage. A total of 750 pilgrims were selected, it said.<br \/>\nThey will travel in five batches of 50 pilgrims via the Lipulekh route, and 10 batches of 50 Yatris each through the Nathu La route, according to the MEA.<br \/>\n\u201cBoth routes are now fully motorable, and involve very little trekking,\u201d it said in a statement.<br \/>\nIn his address, Singh highlighted the steps taken by the government to make the Yatra more accessible and the process more transparent, while ensuring the safety and well-being of the pilgrims.<br \/>\nHe called on the pilgrims to undertake the pilgrimage with a sense of responsibility, humility and mindfulness, while caring for each other as well as protecting the sanctity of the environment.<br \/>\nIndia and China are looking at a series of steps to repair ties following the disengagement of troops in the remaining friction points along the LAC in eastern Ladakh.<br \/>\nThe disengagement of troops at the two remaining friction points of Demchok and Depsang were completed under the provision of a pact that was sealed on October 21 last year.<br \/>\nTwo days later, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks in the Russian city of Kazan and agreed to revive various bilateral dialogue mechanisms.<br \/>\nFollowing the Modi-Xi talks, the two sides held a series of meetings in the last few months which were aimed at normalising the bilateral relations.<br \/>\nIn January, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri visited Beijing and held talks with his Chinese counterpart Sun Weidong.<br \/>\nIn the meeting, the two sides decided to resume the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra and agreed to take certain people-centric steps to \u201cstabilise and rebuild\u201d ties.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_29281\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29281\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-29281\" src=\"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/KAILASH-2-300x192.jpg\" alt=\"750 Pilgrims Selected For Upcoming Kailash Manasarovar Yatra\" width=\"300\" height=\"192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/KAILASH-2-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/KAILASH-2-768x491.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/KAILASH-2-549x351.jpg 549w, https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/KAILASH-2-438x280.jpg 438w, https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/KAILASH-2-233x149.jpg 233w, https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/KAILASH-2-230x147.jpg 230w, https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/KAILASH-2-360x230.jpg 360w, https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/KAILASH-2-100x64.jpg 100w, https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/KAILASH-2.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-29281\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">750 Pilgrims Selected For Upcoming Kailash Manasarovar Yatra<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi, May 21: A total of 750 pilgrims were chosen through a computerised draw of lots on Wednesday for the upcoming Kailash Manasarovar Yatra in Tibet which is taking place after a gap of nearly five years. 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