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A total of 89 Indian pilgrims arrived in the Tibet Autonomous Region on June 20. Their arrival marks the start for this year’s annual pilgrimage in Tibet. Around each year in June, Indian pilgrims arrive in Tibet in different groups as part of a 9-to-12-day pilgrimage.
Identity checks happen at 5,300 meters above the sea level for Indian pilgrims passing through the Purang County in the Ngari Prefecture. /Tibet General Station of Exit-Entry Photo
The first official group arrived on Thursday through the region’s Purang County and the Nathu La Pass in Yadong County. Both routes are situated 4,000 to 5,000 meters above the sea level. And their destinations are Mount Kailash and Lake Manasarovar in the Ngari Prefecture – two sacred sites for Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Tibetan Bon.
A female Indian pilgrim is being treated for altitude stress by Chinese immigration police officers. /Tibet General Station of Exit-Entry Photo
More groups are expected to arrive. According to Tibet’s Shigatse where the Yadong County is, the city expects some 550 pilgrims from ten different groups this year. The entire pilgrimage is expected to last about 70 days.
(Cover: A Chinese immigration police officer [L] from the immigration inspection station at Tibet’s Purang County helps an Indian pilgrim manuver the steep and difficult mountain roads. /Tibet General Station of Exit-Entry Photo)