The priorities of Kshiti Mohan’s life changed with his evolving convictions. Ten years before he went to Chamba in 1897, when he was just seventeen, he decided to travel across northern and western India to collect and compile the poems and songs of Kabir, Dadu and other similarly inclined proponents (sants) who pursued religion in their own way, with respect for both Muslim and Hindu thought. There were huge territories to visit, since the followers of Kabir and the other sants were spread across many provinces of India.
