New Delhi, Aug 29 (IT): Congress chief Rahul Gandhi will go on a pilgrimage to Kailash Mansarovar. As per his promise, he will leave for the pilgrimage on August 31.
The pilgrimage will follow his two-day visit to Kerala to take stock of the rehabilitation efforts in the state.
He will not take the Nepal route for the pilgrimage but will be reaching via China.
During the Karnataka elections, Gandhi had said he decided to visit Kailash Mansarovar when his plane plummeted thousands of feet and he was reminded of Lord Shiva.
He had previously called himself a janeu-dhari (sacred thread wearing) Brahmin and a devotee of Lord Shiva during the Gujarat elections.