The silver pilgrimage: A novel/
Anantanarayanan, M.
The silver pilgrimage: A novel/ by M. Anantanarayanan - Penguin, 1993 - 156 pages. - South and Southeast Asian literature .
King Simha of Lanka is extremely worried about his son Jayasurya’s unsympathetic disposition in matters of administration. He decides to send his self-centered and cold-of-heart son on a pilgrimage to Kashi. The king hopes that exposure to the outer world-its hardships, joys and sorrows-will make his son wiser and compassionate.
Jayasurya highly eventful journey along with his bosom friend Tilaka takes him through a multitude of situations and experiences. He falls in love with Valli, the warrior princess who saves him from certain death.
Reaching Kashi, Jayasurya meets a sage who imparts him with the ultimate knowledge of life and existence. On his return, death of Valli, his love, comes as a severe jolt to him, as for the first time he experiences the agony of love and death.
Sri Lanka
Kashi
823 ANA / 022001
The silver pilgrimage: A novel/ by M. Anantanarayanan - Penguin, 1993 - 156 pages. - South and Southeast Asian literature .
King Simha of Lanka is extremely worried about his son Jayasurya’s unsympathetic disposition in matters of administration. He decides to send his self-centered and cold-of-heart son on a pilgrimage to Kashi. The king hopes that exposure to the outer world-its hardships, joys and sorrows-will make his son wiser and compassionate.
Jayasurya highly eventful journey along with his bosom friend Tilaka takes him through a multitude of situations and experiences. He falls in love with Valli, the warrior princess who saves him from certain death.
Reaching Kashi, Jayasurya meets a sage who imparts him with the ultimate knowledge of life and existence. On his return, death of Valli, his love, comes as a severe jolt to him, as for the first time he experiences the agony of love and death.
Sri Lanka
Kashi
823 ANA / 022001