Archive · 12 Jun 2025
Indian Army Clears Path, Hemkund Sahib Pilgrimage Set to Begin
The Indian Army worked hard to clear the snowy path to Hemkund Sahib, a holy place for Sikhs high in the mountains.
This lets people start their yearly trip to the shrine on May 25th.
Soldiers removed snow from a long stretch of path at a very high altitude.
The trip is considered difficult because of the mountains and the weather.
A bridge collapsing and a lot of snow made it harder to get ready for the trip.
Thousands of people visit the shrine every year.
Indian Army cleared the snowbound route to Hemkund Sahib.
The annual pilgrimage to the Sikh shrine will begin on May 25.
Soldiers from the IBEX Sappers unit cleared a six-kilometre path.
The route is at an altitude of over 15,000 feet in Uttarakhand.
Preparations were complicated by a bridge collapse and heavy snowfall.
- Who
- Indian Army personnel, particularly the IBEX Sappers unit, cleared the route.
- What
- Indian Army cleared the snowbound route to Hemkund Sahib for the annual pilgrimage.
- When
- The pilgrimage is scheduled to begin on May 25.
- Where
- Uttarakhand, at the Sikh shrine of Shri Hemkund Sahib.
- Why
- To enable the annual pilgrimage to Hemkund Sahib.
- Location
- Uttarakhand, India
- Altitude
- Over 15,000 feet
- Route Cleared
- 6-kilometer path
- Unit
- IBEX Sappers unit
- Significance
- Site of Guru Gobind Singh's meditation in previous life