China, which banned Indian pilgrims due to Covid, has resumed the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra. Nepali businessmen are excited because Indian pilgrims will have shorter and easier entry points to Tibet through Nepal's Himalayan pass instead of the Uttarakhand route.

The Nepal Association of Tour and Travel Agents (Natta), which has been active in promoting tourism in Nepal for 6 decades, has welcomed the opening of Kailash Yatra. Natta President Kumarmani Thapalia said, 'This decision after 5 years has created enthusiasm. This is a good sign for the Nepali economy as well.'

'From the third week of May, Nepali tourism businessmen are able to offer Indian pilgrims a trip to Mount Kailash and Mansarovar', Chairman of the 'Association of Kailash Tour Operators', an organization of about 40 tour operators in Nepal, said, 'We have received information verbally and via e-mail that travel will be opened for Indian tourists from the Nepalese border from the first week of June 2025.' 

China says to open Kailash and Mansarovar for Indian travelers after June 30 (June 16). "The Kailash Yatra is being opened for Indians through the border of Nepal one month before that of India," President Naharki said, "We are going to Tibet in a few days. This time the government there has designated two agencies for the management of Indian pilgrims. After making an agreement with them, Indian tourists will be able to travel to Tibet through Nepal.' 

Before Covid, Nepali tourism businessmen used to sell 14-day tour packages to Indian tourists for at least 1 lakh 25 thousand rupees per person. In 2019, the last year before Covid, 20,000 Indian tourists entered Tibet through Nepal. In which 80 percent went from Rasuwa to Kailash Mansarovar via Kerung. Some had entered by air and road from Hilsa in Humla. 

The Indian government has been giving a subsidy of 25,000 to 100,000 Indian rupees to its citizens going to Kailash Mansarovar. Indian pilgrims prefer to go to Tibet from Nepal as it is expensive to go to Tibet by ship from India.

Since 1995, Nepalese businessmen have been taking Indian tourists to Kailash. But 4-5 years before the Covid-19, Nepal's tourism market also started benefiting from the increase in the number of pilgrims due to the Indian government's tour subsidy. "Just as the Muslim community is subsidized when they go to Mecca, Tibet has become attractive for Jains, Hindus and Buddhists when the state there started providing travel subsidies for the Kailash Yatra," said President Naharki.

Shree Airlines started Kailash's Doordarshan package a year ago by chartering flights from Nepalgunj. The mountain flight tour operator showing Kailash Mansarovar started a mountain flight package from Lucknow to Nepalgunj and returning to Lucknow. This package for two nights and three days was 50 thousand Indian rupees. 

Before Covid, some Indian tourists used to reach Simkot from Nepalgunj by boat. From there, he reached Hilsa on the border by helicopter and traveled 150 km to reach Kailash. Due to the bad weather, most of them came directly from Kathmandu to Kailash through Rasuwa and Tatopani. Both countries have agreed to open the trip, which was suspended for five years from 2020 to 2024.

On March 13, India and China held joint secretary-level talks and discussed the modality of opening the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra, which had been stopped since the time of the Covid epidemic. The meeting held in Beijing was attended by Gauranglal Das, Joint Secretary (East Asia) of the Indian Ministry of External Affairs and Liu Jinsong, Director General of the Department of Asian Affairs of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

In the statement released after the talks between the team led by the two officials, it is mentioned that the modality of re-operating the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra in 2025 was discussed between the two sides. After the talks in Beijing, in the regular press conference of the Ministry of External Affairs on May 4, spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra is being prepared and will start soon. 

India starting Kailash Mansarovar journey through Lipulek in Nepal

India has started making preparations for pilgrims to travel to Kailash Mansarovar through Lipulek Pass in Nepal. India and China have not coordinated with the Nepalese government for the trip through Lipulek, the land of Nepal.  

India's Ministry of External Affairs has announced that 250 Indian pilgrims will travel to Kailash Mansarovar this year through Lipulek Pass. Applications are invited for this . It is said that 5 groups will be taken to Kailash Mansarovar via Lipulek and 10 groups via Nathula in Sikkim. Each group will have 50-50 members. The trip is scheduled to take place between June and August. The Ministry of External Affairs has published a notice on 'Kailash Mansarovar Yatra-2025' on Baisakh 13. 

In May 2015, an agreement was reached between the Prime Ministers of India and China to trade through the Lipulekh Pass without even informing Nepal. This time too, India and China have opened Kailash Mansarovar Yatra through Lipulek without even informing Nepal. 

The journey starting from New Delhi will reach Mansarovar via Tanakpur-Gunji-Kalapani-Lipulek Pass-Taklakot. It is said that the passengers will have to trek 200 kilometers on the journey through the Lipulek route. Lipulek Pass is within 56 km from Limpiyadhura, the western border of Nepal. India has already built a road from Pithoragarh to Lipulek through the land of Nepal. India has announced a plan to allow pilgrims to see Kailash Mansarovar through the same route.  Since