A Passage to India - Hindu Influence Several different literary elements work in tandem to produce the magic seen in E.M. Forster's A Passage to India. Since this novel was introduced to the world less than a decade after World War I, the fantastic and exotic stories of India captured the attention of the relatively provincial society of the time, and the detailed presentation of Hinduism in the novel certainly excited the imagination of thousands of people. readers. Benita Parry supports this claim when she says, “Hinduism occupies the center of the novel as it lies in the heart of India” (164). How powerful was Hinduism in India? Historians have pointed out that the Indian masses united forcefully only when Gandhi appealed to them through Hinduism (Parry 164). With this in mind, it seems reasonable that Forster would devote a lot of energy to the depiction of the Hindu religion. Furthermore, Forster himself stated that he considered himself "in terms closer to Krishna (the Hindu god of literature, art, music, and dance) than to any other god" (McDowell 105). The clash between Hinduism and Christianity in A The passage to India parallels the conflict between Indians and the English. Hinduism is best represented in Professor Godbole's novel, and Christianity is embodied in Mrs. Moore. Mrs. Moore arrives in India with the kindness and understanding heart of a devout Christian, but leaves sullen and peevish. Perhaps she is haunted in this state by Professor Godbole's strange song: "Sometimes there seemed to be rhythm, sometimes there was the illusion of a Western melody. But the ear, repeatedly bewildered, soon lost all clue and wandered into a labyrinth of noises." , nothing harsh or unpleasant, nothing intelligible.... The sounds continued and ceased after a few moments as casually as they had begun - apparently in the middle of a measure, and on the subdominant" (84-85). When Godbole explains that her The song is about a milkmaid who begs for Krishna's help, and after Krishna's non-appearance, Mrs. Moore asks, "But he comes in another song, I hope?" to which Godbole immediately replies, "Oh no , refuses to come. I tell him: Come, come, come, come, come, come. Neglect to come" (85). It is this song that forces Mrs. Moore and Adela into emotional cocoons from which they escape only to encounter horrible circumstances: Mrs..