This is the story of the 1200-mile journey made by Eric Newby and his wife down the holy river of India, from Hardwar where it enters the great plain down to where the waters of the Hooghly finally flow into the Bay of Bengal.
Travelling in a variety of boats, and sometimes by rail, bus and bullock cart, staying on sandbanks, in villages and towns, they encountered an engaging assortment of characters and the dusty enchantment of India. Always the continuity lay with 'Ganga Ma' - Mother Ganges - herself: pure and sacred to millions; shifting, tranquil and evocatively described with Newby's brilliant talent.
