January 5, 2010. The Kailash Manasarovar Yatra is being organised by the Ministry of External Affairs from end of May/early June to September 2010. The Yatra is open to all Indian citizens above 18 years of age who wish to proceed to Kailash-Manasarovar for religious purposes

The duration of the Yatra will be 26 days. In addition, Yatris will need to spend 4 days in New Delhi to obtain visas, undergo a comprehensive medical examination and complete financial formalities.

In 2010 it is planned to send sixteen batches each consisting of a maximum of 60 pilgrims. Batch schedules are as follows : Batch 1 : 29th May – 26th June, Batch 2 : 4th June - 02nd July, Batch 3 : 10th June - 8th July, Batch 4 : 16th June -14th July, Batch 5 : 22nd June – 20th July, Batch 6 : 28th June – 26th July, Batch 7 : 04th July – 1st August, Batch 8 : 10th July – 7th August, Batch 9 : 16th July – 13th August, Batch 10 : 22nd July – 19th August, Batch 11 : 28th July – 25th August, Batch 12 : 03rd August – 31st August, Batch 13 : 9th August – 6th September, Batch 14 : 14th August – 12th September, Batch 15 : 21st August – 18th September, Batch 16 : 27th August – 24th September 2010.

The selection of Yatris will be done by Ministry of External Affairs through a computer-generated random gender-balanced selection process. Selected persons will be informed by speedpost about their inclusion in a particular batch 3-4 weeks before their scheduled departure.