Mahagiri

Mahagiri by Hemlata - Children’s Illustrated Colour Picture Book- the book the Indian story of an elephant owned by a local merchant. The merchant earned money from the services of the elephant be helping contractors to carry heavy logs of wood from one place to the other. The elephant’s service was used in marriage ceremonies, religious ceremonies. The children were afraid of the elephant because of his large sized body. One day, a flagpole had to be fixed for the temple. The elephant carried the long flagpole to the temple. People dug a hole on the ground to place the flag pole. The Mahaout coerced the elephant to place the flagpole in the hole but the elephant did not obey. When the Mahaout forced him to obey, he threw the mahaout from his back. The elephant bowed down and pulled a small cat from the flagpost hole. All were happy at this gesture of the elephant. Now, all children loved the elephant. Coloured illustrations help the reader to relate to the story. I have read the Hindi language translation of this book.