First batch of \u2018Adi Kailash\u2019 and \u2018Om Parvat Yatra\u2019 flagged off<\/p>\n
B.D.Kasniyal<\/p>\n
Pithoragarh, May 1<\/p>\n
The \u2018Adi Kailash\u2019 and \u2018Om Parvat yatra\u2019 by private tour operators started today, as\u00a0 a convoy of several vehicles,\u00a0carrying\u00a0350 pilgrims from different parts of the country were flagged off from Dharchula by SDM Ashish Joshi.<\/p>\n
“We have till date received more than 500 applications\u00a0for inner line permit for the yatra\u00a0 and out of which 350 pilgrims have been issued permits to visit,” said the SDM.<\/p>\n
Kumaon Mandal Vikas Nigam(KMVN), the government nodal agency for both \u2018Adi Kailash\u2019 and \u2018Kailash Mansarowar\u2019 pilgrimages, is to start it’s packaged yatra from May 7, this month.<\/p>\n
According to the SDM, though all the preparations have been completed by administration at higher part of Yatra from Gunji to Jolingkong, the pilgrims have been told to take precautions of rapidly changing weather pattern in high Himalayan region.<\/p>\n
“The doors of Lord Shiva temple, situated at Jolingkong were opened at 10.30 am according to religious rituals of Rung community,” said tbe SDM.<\/p>\n
The pilgrimage to \u2018Adi Kailash\u2019, in Panch Kailash peaks, religiously known as dwelling areas of Lord Shiva in Himalayan region besides Kailash peak in Tibet, began simultaneously with \u2018Kailash Mansarowar Yatra \u2018in 1981 but got boost and wide popularity after Prime\u00a0Minister Narendra Modi visited the sacred Hindu place on October 12, 2023.<\/p>\n
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