Kailash Mansarovar Yatra to begin from June 30
NEW DELHI [Maha Media]: Kailash Mansarovar Yatra will begin on June 30, after a gap of five years, an official statement said on Monday.
The yatra will pass through the Lipulekh Pass located at an altitude of 17,000 feet in Uttarakhand's Pithoragarh district, it said.
The pilgrimage, which is organised every year, was postponed in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic and since then it could not be conducted. But, due to the efforts of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, it will be conducted this year, it said.
A meeting was held in New Delhi on Monday regarding the yatra under the aegis of the Uttarakhand government and the Indian Ministry of External Affairs. During the meeting, the responsibility of conducting the pilgrimage was handed over to the Kumaon Mandal Vikas Nigam, it said.