This is the story of a pilgrimage. Father Rutledge, after founding a small community of Benedictine monks near Poona, became curious about the nature of Hinduism and the idea of the true Yogi or saint. Before coming back to England he made a journey to the source of Hinduism, which is also the source of the Ganges, in search of a Yogi. The general conclusion, reading between the lines, is that so far from looking up to the East as the fountain of true mysticism, the East might well look to Christianity.
