Synopsis

Crowds at festival in Dehra Dun. Raising of the 'sacred pole', a full-grown sal tree swathed in red velvet. The Mahant Sahib, a local dignitary. On the pilgrim's route to the source of the Ganges in Tehri Garwhal - snowy peaks, women cutting corn, rope-bridge at Uttarkashi, threshing with oxen, Uprikot village children playing, "coolies climbing", rough descent into Jumna valley, return via Aglar Gad and Landour Bazaar.