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The Journey of the Cloud

A yakṣa in exile asks a monsoon cloud to carry a message to his wife. Before it may speak, the cloud must fly the length of India — from Rāmagiri in the south to Alakā above Kailāsa. Touch any place to read what the poem says of it.

RāmagiriThe fields of MālaĀmrakūṭaThe Revā (Narmadā)VidiśāNīcair hillUjjayinīThe GambhīrāDevagiriDaśapuraBrahmāvarta and KurukṣetraKanakhala and the GaṅgāThe HimālayaKailāsaAlakā

Places in the order the poem names them, not to scale.

All fifteen stops