The plot of the story "The Princess in the Sky" is about a beautiful and gentle princess named Ganga who lived in the sky. She wept at the sight of the dry and barren land below and her tears caused crops to grow. The people below wished for her to come down and help them have more food. A holy man prayed to Siva, the god who lived in the Himalayan mountains, to bring Princess Ganga down to earth. Siva agreed and the princess floated down from the cloud. However, she got caught in Siva's long hair, which blew out like a net in the strong winds. Ganga requested Siva to turn her into water to escape from the net, and he did as she asked. This explains why the tops of the Himalayan mountains are always white, as her jewels were scattered all over the mountaintops.