Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal on Monday announced that the State Government would give financial assistance of Rs 50,000 each to those first 50 persons who would go on a pilgrimage to Kailash Mansarovar Yatra’.
This assistance will be admissible to those who would follow the norms prescribed by the Government for the pilgrimage. This assistance would help them in meeting their travel expenses, said Manohar lal while speaking at a function organized by Shree Kailash Mansarovar Seva Samiti at Mata Mansa Devi Shrine Complex at Panchkula.
The Chief Minister said that the State Government is already providing financial assistance of Rs 10,000 each to 50 pilgrims for the ‘Sindhu Darshan Yatra’ which is also organised in the month of June. He urged the people to take maximum benefit of the facility being provided by the State Government.
While extending his best wishes to the pilgrims for the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra-2016, he said that such pilgrimages always inspire the people.
He said that this Yatra assumes special significance for the Hindus and the Jains, Tibetans and the Buddhists. Kailash Mansarovar is a remote hilly place with very low temperature. Apart from this, this sacred place is also known as the origin of many rivers, said he.
The Chief Minister also honoured 17 pilgrims who are going for Kailash Mansarovar Yatra-2016 and he also flagged off first batch of pilgrims for the Yatra. In all, 59 pilgrims would perform Kailash
Mansarovar Yatra in different batches.