The journey started at the Gandhi Smriti, the spot where Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated and halted at the Acharya Sushil Muni Ashram, Nizamuddin Chilan, Judah Hyam Synagogue, Gurudwara Rakab Ganj, The Cathedral Church of Redemption, Mahabodhi Society and the Laxmi Narayan Temple.

At all the spots, he prayed according to the traditions prevalent there and explained later that during his 50-year stay in India he had gained 'new knowledge from following traditions other than Buddhism'.

Image: Muslims offer dry fruits to the Dalai Lama, on his visit to Nizamuddin Chillan, a Sufi Shrine, in New Delhi.
Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters