{"id":8664,"date":"2026-04-29T04:04:54","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T11:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/?p=8664"},"modified":"2026-04-29T04:04:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T11:04:54","slug":"slow-start-to-adi-kailash-yatra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/29\/slow-start-to-adi-kailash-yatra\/","title":{"rendered":"Slow start to \u2018Adi Kailash yatra\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Slow start to \u2018Adi Kailash yatra\u2019<\/p>\n<p>B.D.Kasniyal<\/p>\n<p>Pithoragarh, April 29<\/p>\n<p>No inner line passes for \u2018Adi Kailash yatra\u2019, could be issued in the first two days, after opening the registration of the online site\u00a0on April 28th as no one has applied, SDM Dharchula Ashish Joshi said.<\/p>\n<p>The gates of \u2018Shiv Parwati\u2019 temple at \u2018Adi Kailash\u2019 are scheduled to open from May 1, for yatra season this year. The administration had announced to begin process of issuing inner line permits for pilgrims online from April 28.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; The applications are accepted by online only but no pilgrim has applied for the inner line permit in the first two days,&#8221; said the SDM.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This yatra is not like the \u2018Char Dham yatra\u2019 of Garhwal region, unlike it slowly picks up pace as only 10 or 15 persons per day go there till the summer vacations begin in the schools\u00a0after May 25,&#8221; said Joshi.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In order to check the basic preparations for yatra, the Pithoragarh District Magistrate has a day before visited Dharchula and found the preparations for yatra satisfactory,\u201d claimed the SDM<\/p>\n<p>Mostly been visited by local tribal devotees along with a selected pilgrims from different part of country, the \u2018Adi Kailash yatra\u2019 sudden got boost in number of pilgrims after the Prime Minister Modi visited it in October 2023. More than 35000 pilgrims have visited the sacred place of \u2018Adi Kailash\u2019 and \u2018Om Parvat\u2019 last year.<\/p>\n<p>Pithoragarh ADM, Yogendra Singh on April 26, had visited Gunji camp to take stock of preparation for yatra, with the team of concerned officials and\u00a0 instructed the officers to take time bound preparation for\u00a0 lodging, meals, water, tented colonies, health, ambulance, communication and security on the \u2018Adi Kailash yatra\u2019 route<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Slow start to \u2018Adi Kailash yatra\u2019 B.D.Kasniyal Pithoragarh, April 29 No inner line passes for \u2018Adi Kailash yatra\u2019, could be issued in the first two days, after opening the registration of the online site\u00a0on April 28th as no one has applied, SDM Dharchula Ashish Joshi said. The gates of \u2018Shiv Parwati\u2019 temple at \u2018Adi Kailash\u2019 &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":8665,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[92,33,1284,91,39,59],"tags":[3882,3992,3708,4002],"class_list":["post-8664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-international","category-international-political-national","category-national","category-tourism","category-uttarakhand","tag-adi-kailash-and-om-parvat-yatra-2026","tag-pithoragarh-adm-yogendra-singh","tag-pithoragarh-district-magistrate-ashish-bhatgai","tag-sdm-dharchula-ashish-joshi"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Slow start to \u2018Adi Kailash yatra\u2019 - Northern Gazette<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Slow start to \u2018Adi Kailash yatra\u2019\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/29\/slow-start-to-adi-kailash-yatra\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Slow start to \u2018Adi Kailash yatra\u2019 - 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