Bangladesh, Oct. 5 -- The day is bright and a sense of nomadic urge lingers on. However, we realise that this is our last day at Kanyakumari and from here we will only be heading for home. But so long we have postponed our visit to a few important must-visit spots on the Vivekananda Kendra campus. There are two temples which we saw from outside every time we left the compound because those were on the left side of the exit. Also there is an archive which houses serially in pictorial form Vivekananda's life's journey with the theme "Arise, Awake".

How foolish it was to leave those to cover in a day! One of the temples is open where puja is routinely offered every day. On its lawn, there is life-size elephant statue. But on the front lawn of...