Drawing on notes from her early travels with her husband, before railways crossed India, Anna Leonowens describes the cities, temples and countryside they visited and the religious life of the people: their gods of field and river, sacred thread ceremonies, festivals and household customs, as well as the conditions of travel by road and river.
By the author of The English Governess at the Siamese Court, though its picture of India is coloured by its era. Download the free EPUB.