Title: Climbing Chamundi Hill
Subtitle: 1001 Steps with a Storyteller and a Reluctant Pilgrim
First published: 2003
Description: An American traveler in India chances upon an old storyteller, who joins him on his pilgrimage to the top of a holy hill and along the way shares the authentic flavor of India through stories of courtesans and kings, holy men and thieves, talking animals, and mythical lands. Many of them are translated here by Glucklich for the first time from the ancient Sanskrit.
Subjects: Hindu Mythology, Hindu parables, Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Travel, Parables
LC classification: BL1215.P3 G58 2003