KOZHIKODE: Clad in a saffron dhoti along with a boho designer shirt and riding an old bicycle is all that a guy in his 30s looked like when he was spotted near Kozhikode Beach on Wednesday, playing the guitar. He was a foreign pilgrim, all the way from Brazil, 'on a quest for the Himalayas' in his bicycle bought from Chennai, in search of 'truth'.
Since he had taken a vow not to utter a single word till he reaches his destination, he communicated with DC through a diary where he wrote and expressed his desire to know about people’s faith and how it is different from the faith he had experienced all his life.
Having no penny in his hand, he has been surviving on begging with a small vessel in his hand. When asked what his name was, all that he wrote in the piece of paper was ‘My name is Sadhu’. “I don’t wish to be called by any other name or to be known by any family," he says.
"It was due to my atheist’ view I transformed myself into a new person that gave me the motivation to lead a life of a faithful, but a faith not of any religion. This journey will also be about to know how people think about faith," he said.
He started his journey from Brazil a few months ago and reached Chennai as the first leg of his journey to the Himalayas. Later from Chennai, he started his pilgrimage on the bicycle, and wherever he stopped, he played his guitar to soothe himself, connecting it to the faith in which he believes.
When asked about his motto, he said, “I heard that Mount Kailash is a sacred place of worship for different religions and a common destination for pilgrims. So I want to go there, meet some pilgrims and ask them about real faith, the ultimate truth.”
