China opens safe route for Kailash-Manasarovar Yatra
China opened a new, "safer" and "more convenient" route for Indians undertaking the arduous Kailash-Manasarovar Yatra as the first batch of pilgrims crossed the Indian border and entered Tibet via Nathu La, in the latest confidence-building measure between the two neighbours.
A total of 43 Indian pilgrims, several of them middle- aged, went through the second land crossing in Tibet, the new route in addition to the existing Lipulekh Pass and the only route earlier that was badly damaged in the Uttarakhand floods in 2013.
A total of 43 Indian pilgrims, several of them middle- aged, went through the second land crossing in Tibet, the new route in addition to the existing Lipulekh Pass and the only route earlier that was badly damaged in the Uttarakhand floods in 2013.