Dwarka, April 5 -- The 170-kilometre padayatra of Anant Ambani, Director of Reliance Industries Limited, from Jamnagar to Dwarka, has entered its eighth day.

Speaking to reporters, Anant said, "Today is the 8th day of padayatra. I am going to bow my head before Dwarikadhish."

After setting out on March 29, he has been covering about 20 kilometres daily, walking for about seven hours each night. He will reach Dwarka, a city etched in India's religious and spiritual lore, on April 8, a day before his 30th birthday.

Along the way, Ambani has encountered an attitude of reverence and goodwill--some have walked along with him a part of the way in solidarity, others have given his pictures of the presiding deity Lord Dwarkadhish and still oth...