The Lost Mandir: A Quest

By Joel Koechlin

An Adventure, a Voyage, a Quest with a burning Question.

December 1970, about midnight in a deserted suburb. At a dismal bus stop, a young man shivers under a driving sleet. His long hair gathers icicles while he ponders: should he burn his bridges and flee impending prison time? As the bus appears out of the swirling mist and stops, he shakes off any lingering self-doubt and hops in. Little does he know he is embarking on an adventure far more demanding than his free spirit can imagine.

It is the start of a journey that will take him half-way round the globe, as far as distant India and the most remote reaches of the Himalayas. But also an inner journey that compels him to make choices he never knew he was capable of, while he is set back on the path of a Quest that begun centuries ago.

Cast into the life of a wandering sannyasi, driven to the brink of madness, beyond the limits of his surface personality all his layers of resistance will be worn away, his feet raw and his soul bare.

Until that day, when the Unexpected bursts forth...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GKXF9J4Q
• ISBN13: 9798244724790
• Release Date: January 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 380 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.0" x 8.0"