Guide for Kailash Yatra

Overview

The yatra is mostly known for two things: doing a parikrama of Mount Kailash and taking a blessed plunge in the Mansarovar Lake. These are said to diminish travelers of any transgressions and conveying salvation to them.

Open for individuals between the age gathering of 18 and 70, the yatra should be possible by walking or the voyage can be performed utilizing 4500 CC Land Cruisers, extravagance AC transports and helicopters. To pre-book, one can either experience the Ministry of External Affairs (there is a determination procedure for the same) or through a private visit administrator in Nepal/Tibet. The entire yatra including a restorative registration (in Delhi) can take 10 to 30 days.

Best Time

By and large, the best time to visit Mount Kailash area are April to June and mid-September to early October, as the winter of Ngari locale is significantly sooner than alternate parts of Tibet. At other time, the zones around the Mt. Kailash are secured by substantial snow and ice. It is exceptionally risky to trek around these spots amid winter.

Mythological Significance

It's for the most part the Hindus, Buddhists, Jains and Bon that consider Mount Kailash as a sacrosanct place. According to the Hindu conviction, Lord Shiva, alongside his significant other Parvati, dwells at the pinnacle of Mount Kailash in a condition of reflection. As per Jains, Kailash is where the principal Jain Tirthankara achieved Nirvana. In Buddhism, the conviction goes that Kailash Parvat is the place the Buddha, speaking to incomparable happiness, lives. The Bon (a religion which originates before Buddhism in Tibet), nonetheless, trust that the whole area is the seat of all profound power.

Major Attractions

Other than Lake Mansoravar, different attractions of the yatra are Tirthapuri–an intriguing spot explorers visit post the yatra where they bathe in spring pools, Gauri Kund–also known as the Lake of Compassion, Yam Dwar–the beginning point from where the parikrama begins, Asthapad–the base of the sacrosanct mountain and Tarboche–the flagpole with various petition signals, a critical piece of Tibetan most profound sense of being.

Tips for Completion  

• Gather your packs as indicated by the rules of the MEA. Preferably, you will require waterproof rucksacks to convey your possessions. You have to pack parkas, goggles, warm garments, windcheaters, woolen socks, general pharmaceuticals, and a camera. The heaviness of this pack must not surpass 25 kilos. You can even contract a rucksack from associations like the Kumaon Mandal Vikas Nigam Ltd.

• When you trek, be careful about the new landscape. Be certain, yet wary. It is exhorted that you stroll towards the slope dependably and never towards the drop side. The trek is for the most part from morning to twelve. Subsequently, it is exhorted that you begin soon every morning.

• Never stray from the course given to you.

• Drink water from the campgrounds however much as could be expected to maintain a strategic distance from any sickness amid the yatra.

• You have to drink a great deal of water while climbing.

• The sustenance that you devour ought to be light and high in starches for vitality.

• Since you will be told a month before the genuine yatra date, attempt to stroll for 6-10 kilometers every day and exercise consistently.

• Stay away from utilization of liquor in this period.

• Amid the climb take it moderate and take breaks if vital.