Maya

Teenager Terry Bowen arrives in India to live with his father, a famous hunter. When he finds out that his father, who has reluctantly accepted his presence, is a supposed coward after a hunting accident, he runs away. He befriends a local boy who is on a pilgrimage with an elephant (Maya) and its white elephant offspring. They go through much travail to deliver Maya (a sacred white elephant) and her calf to a far away temple, as Terry's father searches the countryside for him.