About the Book: Meghaduta: The Cloud Messenger
Meghaduta or The Cloud Messenger is a masterpiece of Sanskrit literature,
written by Kalidasa some 1500 years ago. This breathtaking poem of 111 stanzas
is about a Yaksha, who is banished for a year to central India for neglecting
his duties by Kubera-the Lord of Wealth, from his abode at the fabled city of
Alaka near Mount Kailasa. The Yaksha exhorts a passing cloud to carry his
message across to his beloved in the Himalayas. The cloud is assisted by sylphs,
nymphs, eight-legged animals, the wish fulfilling trees, drums, celestial
elephants, birds, rare flowers, trees and rivers during his