New Delhi:
The much awaited Kailash Mansarovar Yatra will be between June to August 2025, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced on Saturday.
“This year, five batch, each contains 50 yatris, and 10 batch, each of which includes 50 yatris, is determined to travel through the Uttarakhand State Crossing on the Lipuleke pass, and read a statement issued by Mea,” Mea, “Mea,” Mea, “Mea.
It states that the website on kmy.gov.in has been opened for the acceptance of applications and Yatris will be selected from the applicants through “fair, computer-borne, random and balanced” selection process.
The entire process starting with the online application until the selection of Yatris has been completely computerized since 2015.
“Applicants are not required to send letters or faxes to get information. Response options on the website can be used to obtain information, register comments or suggest for improvement,” MEA mentioned.
India and China were finalizing the Terks to resume the journey from the beginning of this year.
The Kailash Mansarovar Yatra has not taken place since 2020 after the outbreak of Covid-19 and the post-Non-Discovery of Yatra arrangements by the Chinese side. The Government of India organized a trip between June and September between June and September between Lipulek Pass (since 1981) and Nathu La Pass in Sikkim between June and September.
It was after a meeting organized under the Foreign Secretary-Vice Foreign Minister Tantra in January this year that the two sides announced a plan to resume the journey in the summer of 2025.
The meeting, where Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri led the Indian delegation, reviewed the Indo-China bilateral relations extensively and agreed to stabilize some people-decent steps as a consent between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping during his meeting in Kazan in October 2024.
The two sides also agreed to negotiate an updated structure for this purpose on both sides to resume direct air services between the two countries between the two countries.
Last month, after an official consultation between India and China’s foreign ministries in Beijing, it was announced that the work is going on to finalize the methods to resume Kailash Mansarovar Yatra.
In Mea, Joint Secretary (East Asia), Gauranglal Das held a counselor meeting with Liu Jinsong, Director General of the Department of Asian Affairs, Ministry of External Affairs, during which both sides reviewed the action taken by him to implement the strategic direction, as well as agreed in the meeting between Foreign Secretary and Chinese Vice President Minister in January 2025.
“He paid positive attention to the events in bilateral relations since the meeting of leaders of India and China in October 2024. In the period of intervention, foreign ministers have met twice, while special representatives have held their 23rd meeting on the Indo-China border question. These high-level meetings have provided strategic guidance and further.
“They agreed to continue the efforts of people to advance and promote the exchange of people, including the 75th anniversary celebrations to resume direct flights, media conversations and think-tank arrangements and diplomatic relations.
Mea said that the two sides took stock of employed exchanges and activities this year, discussing each other’s priority areas of each other to use them to use them in step-by-step manner to resume dialogues in a step-by-step manner and transfer relationships on the more stable and predicted paths.
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