We reached Hampi, in the afternoon. I wanted to go near the Thungabadra river rather than going to the historical places in the city. I don't know why though, but my instincts were telling me that it was the right place to go. I asked the taxi driver to take me to the river bank directly and he nodded his head without saying anything.
Once we reached the river bank, I went to an isolated place. It was just a rock, away from the river bank. That means, I had to wet my bare feet to reach it. I climbed the rock and sat there observing the mighty river. Suddenly, from nowhere a monkey came. It was carrying something. I had a banana in my hand, I gave it to the monkey. After taking it, it gave me what it was carrying and went away.
I saw that, it was a photo of some lake surrounded by mountains. It was beautiful, the sun was not at all visible in the picture but the sky was illuminated. The top of the mountains were covered in thick ice and at there bottom, a beautiful water lake.. At the bottom of the picture, there was something which was written or rather scribbled. It looked like a date. I checked closely and it was written: 21/05/1808.
I turned the picture around was shaken a bit when I saw that it was a picture of "Manasarovar".
Then I decided, my first place to visit and to start my "Quest for Knowledge" is Manasarovar.
