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The Hill of Devi: An Englishman Serving at the Court of a Maharajah

The Hill of Devi: An Englishman Serving at the Court of a Maharajah

Forster, E. M.

Paperback

Adventurers & ExplorersTravel GeneralIndia & South Asia

ISBN10: 1780601603
ISBN13: 9781780601601
Publisher: Eland Publishing
Published: Mar 30 2026
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.46
Height: 0.41 Width: 5.56 Depth: 8.48
Language: English

The novelist E M Forster opens the door on life in a remote Maharajah's court in the early twentieth century. Through letters from his time working there as the Maharajah's private secretary, he introduces us to a fourteenth-century political system where the young Maharajah of Devas, 'certainly a genius and possibly a saint', led a state centred on spiritual aspirations. A loving and affectionate portrait of a forgotten world, The Hill of Devi chronicles Forster's infatuation and exasperation, fascination and amusement at this idiosyncratic court. He leads us with him to its heart and the eight-day festival of Gokul Ashtami, marking the birth of Krishna, where we see His Highness Maharajah Sir Tukoji Rao III dancing before the altar 'like David before the Ark'.

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