Foreigners flock to Pandharpur
Updated On: 21 June, 2009 07:01 AM IST | Aanchal Kurmi
A Japanese woman has been walking on foot for the 20-day trek for 29 years; other foreigners too find peace in march
A Japanese woman has been walking on foot for the 20-day trek for 29 years; other foreigners too find peace in march
Clad in a white cotton sari, this face stood out amongst the warkaris headed to Pandharpur. Yuriko Ikenoya, a Japanese by birth, has actually been walking all the way to Pandharpur for the last 29 years. "Main yahaan har saal aati hoon," she says in fluent Hindi, "I love coming here."
Yuriko Ikenoya
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