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the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra, as an environment of discipline,
highlighted by the Hon’ble Prime detachment, and devotion. The

Minister, is not just the revival physical hardships endured on
of a route—it is the revival of a the yatra are not punishments
civilisational rhythm. Kailash, but purifications.
revered in Hinduism, Buddhism, तपसा ववते र्गंतपसा ववते यितः ।
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and Jainism alike, is not just तपसा प्ाते सवगंतपस् परमा र्तततः॥
a geographical destination; (Mahabharata)
it is the cosmic axis, the Meru, Through penance one
around which the Indian spiritual attains heaven, fame, and

cosmos revolves. ultimate success; penance is
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कलासशिखरं रम् ं indeed the supreme path. The
्द
े
सव्दतीरवविाररम्। य रवातः सहासुया्दतः dust of the path, the chants
ं
ननत् नृत् यान्तिच॥ in the air, the shared food
ं
Kailasa is the most sacred of at bhandaras, the shelter in
all pilgrim places, where even the dharamshala — all of these
gods, along with sages, dance in forge a quiet solidarity among
eternal celebration. Pilgrimages strangers. Here, seva becomes

connect individuals to a higher spontaneous. Whether it is a
spiritual goal by removing doctor offering free care in a
them from the patterns of camp, or a family serving meals
daily life and placing them into to thousands, acts of service

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