China to allow Mansarovar Yatra through Nathu La

China will again allow pilgrims from India to visit Kailash-Mansarovar through Nathu La in Sikkim - a route, which it had shut in June 2017 in the wake of the face-off in Doklam Plateau.

New Delhi and Beijing are in touch to arrange the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra in summer this year, as both sides are trying to bring the bilateral ties back on track. The Ministry of External Affairs will soon



seek applications from people for the pilgrimage to the holy place in Tibet Autonomous Region. The 'yatra' is likely to take place between June and September this year.

V K Singh, Minister of State for External Affairs, informed the Lok Sabha on Wednesday that Chinese Government had already confirmed "resumption" of the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra through Nathu La route this year.