(TibetanReview.net, May22’25) – China’s plan – in agreement with New Delhi – to open western Tibet’s Purang county of Ngari Prefecture for pilgrimage to Mt Kailash and Lake Mansarovar has moved forward with a total of 750 pilgrims being selected on May 21 for their Jun-Aug 2025 yatra (pilgrimage) after a gap of nearly five years. The lucky winners have been chosen through a computerised draw of lots.
India’s Minister of State for External Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh, who conducted the computerised draw, has said the pilgrims were selected through a “fair, computer-generated, random, gender-balanced” selection process.
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