The Road to Kedarnath

An inspiring story about a man's journey to spiritual enlightenment and self-discovery!

Arjuna, a young man from India comes to the USA to study, falls in love with an American girl and marries her against the wishes of his conservative parents, thereby alienating them. He blames his wife for his rift with his parents. In a moment of irrational anger, he causes the death of his pregnant wife. Filled with remorse, he returns to India to make amends. Driven by inner demons, he abandons everything and becomes a mendicant. For three years he is a beggar, a madman, a renunciate, and as fate would have it, a thief and murderer. In his journeys, he consoles an old man on his deathbed, rescues a little girl from a sexual predator, and helps a young woman escape a rapist ‘god-man’. A series of experiences convince him to commit suicide at a place near the holy Kedarnath temple- hoping to be absolved from his sins and released from rebirth. There he is saved by Krishna, an enlightened tea-seller, who lives alone in a mountain cave during the brutal winters of Kedarnath. Arjuna stays at Krishna’s cave that winter, and what follows is six months of spiritual metamorphosis and self-forgiveness. Arjuna discovers the healing power of choices, and realizes that by helping those he did, he is on the path of atonement.  When spring comes, Arjuna leaves Krishna to rebuild his life in the plains. But soon after, the great Kedarnath flood of 2013 happens and thousands of lives are lost. A year later, Arjuna returns to the mountains hoping to find his friend.