The annual Kailash Mansarovar yatra will resume this summer. For Hindus Mount Kailash in Tibet is a sacred place believed to be the abode of Lord Shiva. A dip in the Mansarovar lake's icy cold waters is said to wash away the pilgrim's sins.

From resumption of direct flights between both countries, to supporting China’s presidency of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, and allowing Indian pilgrims to visit Kailash Mansarovar, India and China have gone the whole hog to “stabilise and rebuild” ties nearly five years after the military standoff began at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in April 2020 and led to the bloody Galwan Valley clash in June that year.

China and India have agreed to resume direct flights, facilitate visas and restart sharing data of trans-border rivers as the nuclear-armed neighbors try to rebuild diplomatic ties that remained frosty for more than four years.