Visit Kailash-Mansarovar by mountain flight

Although the Hilsa border crossing at the Nepal-China border at Humla was opened on 18th Baisakh last year, the ban on pilgrims going to visit Mansarovar has been maintained. Because of this, arrangements have been made for darshan by mountain flight. India's 'Trip to Temple' and Kathmandu-based 'Pathil Holidays' are managing it.

According to Mahesh Gautam, Managing Director of Pathil Holidays, Indian pilgrims coming through Lucknow, India are now visiting Mansarovar. He informed that on Wednesday, 50 and 70 seater planes of Shree Airlines took off from Nepalgunj and brought 250 pilgrims to visit Mansarovar. "We travel 3/4 times from the ship to the Nepali land," he said, "Mansarovar-Kailash can be clearly seen from the area around Lapcha, Indian pilgrims visit from the ship." According to him, the pilgrims have been satisfied with all the flights so far. Earlier, pilgrims going for Mansarovar darshan had to face problems like visa, accommodation and travel.

Ashok Kumar from Uttar Pradesh, India, who visited Mansarovar by mountain flight on Wednesday, said that his wish was fulfilled even when he visited by ship. 'We were able to see Mansarovar in a short time, all the terrain was clearly visible from the ship, we also took photos, I am very happy to see it from a distance,' he said, 'We waited for 4 years for the gate to be open, finally today we got the opportunity to see Mount Kailash.' -break Gobind Gupta, who came from Uttar Pradesh, also said that he was satisfied with Wednesday's visit. "Earlier, the visitors used to come on a journey of at least 10 days, I heard from many people that they faced the problem of getting a visa, the same hassle to apply," he said. break Hotels in Nepalgunj are now full due to Indian pilgrims. Keshav Neupane, regional director of Siddharth Group of Hospitality, said that 180 Indian tourists are staying at Hotel Siddharth in Nepalganj. According to him, about 150 Indian tourists are also staying in other hotels in Nepalgunj. "I am also one of the initiators of this plan, it is not certain when the ban imposed by China on Mansarovar Darshan will be opened for Indian tourists, but the tourists are longing for Darshan," he said. 140 pilgrims have booked hotels.'

A flight of 1 hour and 10 minutes has been scheduled for Mansarovar Darshan from Nepalgunj. For pilgrims, ships make 3/4 rounds towards Nepalese land near Mansarovar. So far, 440 Indian pilgrims have visited Mansarovar, said Gautam, Managing Director of Pathil Holidays. According to him, in the meantime, about 90 Indian pilgrims had reached Nepalgunj via Kathmandu. "They reached Nepalgunj after visiting Pashupatinath in Kathmandu, now many pilgrims have also expressed their desire to come through Kathmandu," he said, "Our plan will last until October, this year we aim to include at least 6,000 Indians in this plan."

He informed that regular flights will be conducted till June and then stop in June and July and continue the program of Kailash Darshan again in August-August. Gautam informed that most of the tourists who have come so far are from Uttar Pradesh and New Delhi. "In terms of representation, pilgrims have come from all the provinces of India, but more are from 2 provinces," he said, "We have also received information that the order of bookings is increasing, we are planning to include as many pilgrims as possible in Mansarovar darshan."

It is necessary to open the Mansarovar-Kailash route immediately for the tourism development of Karnali, said Vijay Lama, a tourism businessman from Humla. According to him, around 40 hotels have been opened in Simkot, the headquarters of Humla, and Hilsa, the Chinese border, targeting Indian tourists.

'After Indian tourists started using the Humla road for Mansarovar darshan, the big investment hotels opened with a bang, for 1/2 year the tourist traffic and business was fine, but later due to the corona epidemic, the entire business stopped after China closed the border,' he said. Now it is necessary for the government to take diplomatic initiatives even if it is for the promotion of business.'' According to him, before the corona epidemic, until March 2076, about 10,000 Indian tourists used to visit Mansarovar every year.

Targeting Indian tourists, 30 tourist hotels have opened in Hilsa, the Chinese border. Karma Lama, a businessman, said that all the hotels were closed when tourists did not come. Priyanka Chandaul from Delhi was among the Indian pilgrims who came to visit the Kailash mountain range at a height of 6,714 meters and Mansarovar, which is spread over an area of ​​410 km from the height of 22,000 feet in Humla. Priyanka was thrilled to see Mount Kailash from the Nepali sky for the first time.

She said that she chose the sky route as her desire to reach Kailash by surface route was not possible while looking at the beautiful view of Mugu and surrounding area. They seemed fascinated when they saw the huge Kailash mountain and 300 feet deep Mansarovar from the plane flying in Nepali sky.