Kailash Mansarovar Is Culturuly Part Of India And Not Tibet
In a major move, UN body UNESCO was considering the Kailash Mansarovar landscape in a tentative list of possible World Heritage Sites, following a request from India’s culture ministry. The Kailash Mansarovar, also known as Mount Kailash, is regarded as the abode of Lord Shiva, as per Hindu traditions since more than 7000 years of our history and before.
Kailash Mansarvor is as per present situation spread over Uttarakhand state of India and south western portion of Tibet. The Indian portion of the landscape in the state of Uttarakhand comprises four major watersheds—the Panar-Saryu, the Saryu-Ramganga, the Gori-Kali and the Dhauli-Kali.
This forms part of the larger landscape of 31,000 sq km referred to as the “Kailash Sacred Landscape”, constituting the Mount Kailash and Lake Mansarovar now forming part of remote south-western portion of the Tibet and adjacent districts in the far-western region of Nepal.
In April this year, the Archeological Survey of India (ASI), which functions under the Union Culture Ministry, had apparently sent the proposal mooted by the Ministry of Environment and Forests to UNESCO, according to news agency reports last month that had quoted sources then in the culture ministry.
Kailash Mansarovar—-in the proposal—-is in the mixed category both as a natural as well as a cultural heritage and covers an area of 6,836 sq km located well within India.
While the area is flanked in the east by Nepal and bordered presently by Tibet on the north. In the ancient time there were no u natural boundaries dividing this sacred area as culturally Indians, Nepalese and people of Mansarovar lake area were all the same.
The unnatural boundary has come up with annexation if Tibet by the China. So now China has lodged a strong protest with India after reports surfaced in June that India has approached the UNESCO.
A strong protest has indeed been lodged by China just last week with the ministry of external affairs (MEA). After annexation of Tibet Chinese now claim the actual site of Kailash Mansarovar is located in Tibet as theirs. The people of India or the Indian Parliament has never recognized this absurd claim of China.
When contacted, the ministry of external affairs (MEA) declined to confirm or comment on the matter.
New Delhi has been sending hundreds of pilgrims for the Kailash Mansarovar pilgrimage to Tibet via two routes—one through Uttarakhand and the other through Sikkim—-and the pilgrimage is facilitated by the Chinese government. This shows that Chinese accept our cultural right over the area.
This fresh protest by China comes just three months before India is to host Chinese President Xi Jinping in October this year for the second informal summit between the two Asian giants. It also comes just as Sino-Indian ties seem to be once again on a strong and firm footing.
Chinese government must understand that even if they have been able to subdue the Tibetan politically they can never sub due them culturally and certainly they cannot subdue India over this religious claim going back to the days of CREATION itself.
