Gangtok: The journey of this year’s first batch of pilgrims for ‘Kailash Mansarovar Yatra’ was flagged off from Mt Sinolchu Hotel in Gangtok, Sikkim by additional chief secretary K Jayakumar on Sunday.
...31 pilgrims to Kailash Mansarovar given warm send-off in Sikkim
The spiritual journey to the pilgrimage site located in Tibetan Autonomous Region via Sikkim is considered the shortest and the safest; ‘yatris’ to be aided by ITBP personnel