> I modified XSL as follows..

The code that i posted did what you want, I think.

Mukul correctly pointed out that this template (copied from your
original) is the same as the default, so isn't neede (but doesn't do any
harm either).

<xsl:template match="/">
  <xsl:apply-templates select="*"/>
</xsl:template>


But you appear to have removed this template

<xsl:template match="@* | node()">
  <xsl:copy>
    <xsl:apply-templates select="@* | node()"/>
  </xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>

So you are no longer copying elements from the input to the result.

David