This trilogy, written and presented by William and produced and directed by Hugh Thomson, makes three ambitious journeys into what is for William familiar territory. |
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| Programme 1
"Shiva's Matted Locks"
Monday, April 3rd, 7.10 In the first of the 50 minute programmes William walks in the tracks of the many bare-footed pilgrims and holy men who have journeyed up into the High Himalayas to reach the breathtaking source of the River Ganges. The pilgrimage is an awe-inspiring journey and one that is revered by India's Hindus. |
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"City of Djinns" Monday,
April 10th, 7.10 The second of William's journeys takes him deep into the soul of Delhi to discover the ancient rites of Sufism - a potent mix of the traditions and customs of many religions, chiefly Hinduism and Islam. He discovers, too, the deep-seated antagonism that exists between India's two major religions and asks 'is sufism the answer?' |
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"Doubting Thomas" Monday,
April 17th, 7.10 The final part of the trilogy begins with an extraordinary, epic voyage supposedly undertaken by Christ's apostle St Thomas in the first century, when he sailed from Palestine down to the south of India. William follows an ancient manuscript - The Acts of St Thomas - which details the apostle's legendary journey and sets out to discover whether the fabled voyage and subsequent spread of Christianity in Southern India by 'doubting Thomas' is fact or fiction. |
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As
an 18-year-old back-packer William
Dalrymple fell in love with India - a country which has
been his home, on and off, in the years since that first visit. |
