ThisisthesecondfilmaboutthedetectiveFeluda(SoumitraChatterjee)setintheholycityofBenares,wherehe(alongwithhiscousin,Topsheandfriend,LalmohanGanguly)goesforaholiday.ButthetheftofapricelessdeityofLordGanesh(theElephantGod)fromalocalhouseholdforceshimtostartinvestigation.FeludacomesindirectconfrontationwithMaganlalMeghraj(UtpalDutt),aruthlesstrader.Maganlalmakesthemild-manneredLalmohanaknife-thrower'stargetandthreatensFelutostopinvestigation.Butthereareseveralothersuspectsasaninnocentartisanisbrutallymurdered,ashady'holyman'holdscourtonthebanksoftheGangesandanadventure-lovinglittleboy(andhisgrand-father),broughtuponcrimethrillers.Theclimaxisashoot-outontheGanges,followedbytheunravelingofthemystery.