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On 75th Birthday, Media Resurfaces Photos of Modi’s 1988 Kailash Mansarovar Yatra

The commemorations rely on a social media archival account that casts the trek as a formative lesson in service.

Overview

  • IANS-fed reports and other outlets highlighted archival images shared by the Modi Archive to revisit Narendra Modi’s 1988 pilgrimage.
  • India Today echoed the narrative, citing a prior conversation about a biographical book that described the journey’s impact on his outlook.
  • According to the account, the trek spanned fifteen days with steep climbs and high altitude, and Modi chose to walk rather than use horses.
  • The narrative includes an episode at Dolma Pass in which a forgotten diya was lit from his hand as fellow pilgrims sang the Aarti.
  • The coverage presents the Yatra as shaping a focus on Seva, while specific details such as batch sizes and incidents come from the same archival source.