How should I prepare myself for the Kailash Manasarovar Yatra tour?

For people who want to go for the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra, the journey to this Holy place is quite difficult. To look at the scenic beauty around this place, one needs to be physically and mentally prepared for the same. Even though there are fitness and health-related guidelines and tests that need to be kept in mind, to become eligible to visit Kailash Mansarovar. A lot of people fail to fulfil their dream to visit this Holy place, just because they are not prepared for the tough situations to be faced on this journey. This is one of the reasons why it has been said that the actual journey for the Kailash Mansarovar starts well before the physical journey during the best season for visiting.

Just believing in the saying that you can only visit there if you get the ‘call’ from the Heavens will not do much good to you. All the pilgrims and tourists have to prepare themselves for the journey that they might be making just once in their lifetime.

While it is believed that visiting Kailash Mansarovar is a journey to meet Lord Shiva, who lives there. Even doing the preparation for it is no less than the journey itself. So, if you are planning to visit Mount Kailash ahead of time, here are some of the preparation tips you should know well:

1. Be Ready to Experience a Less Comfortable Life

Some people do not want to experience the change in the way they live life, even when they are travelling to some distant mountainous region. This is just not good for those people who want to visit Mount Kailash once in their lifetime. Over the mountains, they will need to trek, live in tents, and eat only the available food. To do it all, it is important and is needed for an individual to move out of their comfort zone.

2. Practice eating only Vegetarian Food..

For people who want to get the religious benefits of visiting Kailash Mansarovar, it is recommended to eat only vegetarian food, not animal meat or products. Practising to live by eating fruits and vegetables for some time will make it easier for you to make the journey to Mount Kailash. Similarly, one should practice eating dinner before sunset, or around the right time at least. All addictive habits, such as drinking alcohol, smoking, and drug addiction, should be avoided.

3. Perform Exercises Regularly in Life

To climb up a mountain or to go trekking requires an individual to be physically fit. Some people just think that doing some exercises just before they leave for Kailash Mansarovar does not help them a lot. Instead, doing exercises regularly should be made a part of their lifestyle. This will prepare them to make a visit to Mount Kailash and face all the difficulties without being troubled.

4. Keep Your Overall Health in Check

As per the rules and guidelines, an unhealthy person who fails to qualify for the tests related to the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra will not be permitted to do that at any cost. This involves a risk to life for such people. So, you need to maintain a healthy body by following a healthy lifestyle, free from addictions and stress. Along with that, you should keep your overall health checked by getting certain medical tests regularly. This will not only help you change your lifestyle accordingly, but also prevent you from paying a non-refundable deposit for medical tests that are done for the Kailash Yatra. Keep in mind that it is only good to go to Mount Kailash if you are fit for the same. Doing it otherwise may cost your life.

5. Pay Your Debts, and Spread Love

It is also believed that pilgrims who visit Mount Kailash return as a new person, as the journey changes their mindset to a good extent. Going there with ego in mind is something that should also be avoided. That is why you are advised to settle all monetary debts or promises made to loved ones before you take on the pilgrimage. Similarly, if there are some people with whom you share estranged relationships, try to spread love to them and change the bond you share with them. This is all advised just to remove ego from your mind, and to prepare it to receive the gifts that the journey to Kailash will give you.

6. Avoid Over-packing Stuff

While going for a trek or a visit to a mountainous region, over-packing should always be avoided. Similarly, in the case of visiting Kailash Mansarovar, you should only pack things that are absolutely needed as part of the journey. Anything more than you require is most likely to cause trouble for you.