Hindus Pilgrimage to Tibet and Its Influence on Sino-Indian Relations

Аңдатпа

In the era of globalization, religion nodoubtly plays a special role in relations between nations. Cross-border pilgrimages, as the important practice of religious believers, are also an instrument for promoting bilateral ties. The continuous expansion of cross-border pilgrimages has an effect that cannot be ignored in bilateral exchanges. Based on this, this paper starts from the four phrases of the pilgrimage of Hindus to China’s Tibet from the perspective of international relations, analyzes the influence of cross-border pilgrimages on Sino-Indian relations from multiple angles, and dissects the mutual constraints between state relations and religious pilgrimages on border area with the example of Doklam incident. In practice, on condition that China and India actively stimulate the positive effect of cross-border pilgrimages and increase the consensus and mutual trusts between the governments and the peoples while managing border conflicts, the relations between the two countries will grow harmoniously to a certain extent.

Key words: Hindus, Tibet Autonomous Region, Cross-border Pilgrimage, Sino-Indian Relations, Border Conflicts