World News 24-08-2004 who: Pilgrim Kailashgiri Brahmachari what: Nears halfway mark of 17-year bid to carry his blind mother around India where: Bangalore when: Yesterday snippet: People prostrate themselves at the side of the road before the 32 year-old man they call Swami, who has covered more than 3,750 miles, and whose spiritual quest will end at the next Kumbh Mela Hindu festival in the holy city of Varanasi in 2013. Kailashgiri`s mother Kethakdevi, sitting in a basket attached to her son`s shoulders, tells BBC News Online that "he is a nice son," but admits "I am getting tired. I sometimes feel like ending the journey and getting back home." [... more]

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