PRAYAGRAJ, July 11 -- Five-year old Deepak, a student of Class 1 and a resident of Rewa district in Madhya Pradesh, set out on a 100-kilometer maiden religious journey from Dashashwamedh Ghat in Prayagraj on Friday morning to Mardeshwar Shiva temple in Rewa.

He arrived with his father, Saryu Sonkar, alias Vairagi and his elder brother, Ashok, and some neighbours from Rewa in Prayagraj at 4 am on Friday.

After taking a bath in the Ganga at Dashashwamedh Ghat and filling his three litre plastic can with Ganga Jal, anointed with a bright yellow 'Chandan Tika' and wearing a 'Trishul' print half-sleeve Kurti and saffron shorts, the minor 'Shiv Bhakt' proceeded for his destination at around 11am.

Vairagi, a farmer by profession and an ardent...