Nepal, June 11 -- Visits to the Vatican in Rome, Notre Dame in Paris, Faisal Masjid in Islamabad, Tooth Temple in Kandy, Mount Wutai in Shanxi, Jokhang in Lhasa, Kinkakuji in Kyoto, Jama Masjid in Delhi, Kamakhya in Assam, Pashupati in Kathmandu, Golden Pagoda in Yangon, Taktshang in Bhutan, Dukha Niwarak Gurudwara in Patiala and Mahakal Than in Darjeeling would invariably provide peace, tranquillity, sense of direction, ingrained feeling of global harmony and a degree of fulfilment.
Our just-concluded long sojourn in Kailash and Manasarovar in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China was no exception. It was a challengingly magnificent pilgrimage dotted with natural hazards, sharp altitudinal variations and contrastingly pristine topography, ...