Question

(vi) What were the "symbols of reverence" left by members of the team on Everest?​

Answer 1

Answer:

The author left on Everest a picture of Guru Nanak. Rawat left a picture of Goddess Durga. Phu Durgi left a relic of the Buddha. Edmund Hillary, being a Christian, buried a Cross under the rock. All these were symbols of reverence for God.

Answer 2

Answer:

The symbols of reverence left by different members of the team on Everest included a picture of Goddess Durga left by Rawat, a relic of Buddha left by Phu Dorji, across buried under a cairn by Edmund Hillary and a picture of Guru Nanak left by Major H.P.S. Ahluwalia himself.