Kailash Mansarovar Yatra to resume this summer after 5 years

After remaining suspended for five successive years, the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra is set to resume this summer, the government announced in Parliament on Thursday. Every year, the yatra took place between June and September through the two official routes of...

Ubeer Naqushbandi

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, Updated At : 03:37 AM Mar 21, 2025 IST

After remaining suspended for five successive years, the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra is set to resume this summer, the government announced in Parliament on Thursday.

Every year, the yatra took place between June and September through the two official routes of Lipulekh Pass (since 1981) in Uttarakhand and Nathu La Pass (since 2015) in Sikkim. The yatra has not taken place since 2020, following the Covid outbreak and the subsequent non-renewal of yatra arrangements by the Chinese side.

In a written reply tabled by MoS Kirti Vardhan Singh said, Indian side has taken up the issue of resumption of the pilgrimage with the Chinese side in its diplomatic engagements, including in the meetings of EAM with his Chinese counterpart on the sidelines of the G20 Summit on November 18, 2024, in Rio de Janeiro.

The two sides decided, in these meetings, to resume the yatra in the summer of 2025. Both sides are engaged on the terms and modalities of doing so, it added.

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