Kathmandu Aug 31 (IANS) Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Friday arrived in Kathmandu from Indian capital Delhi for the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra.
Gandhi s arrival was hours before India s Prime Minister Narendra Modi left for New Delhi after a two-day Nepal visit for participating in the 4th two-day Bimstec Summit that ended on Friday.
Gandhi staying in a five-star hotel in Kathmandu will fly to Nepalgunj on Saturday to take onwards flight to Humla on the Nepalese border with Tibet.
On April 26 a plane carrying Gandhi and some others from Delhi to Hubballi airport in Karnataka developed a technical problem and tilted heavily but recovered and landed safely.
On April 29 the Congress chief announced at a rally in the poll-bound state that he wanted to undertake the pilgrimage.

--IANS giri/tsb/vm