told by Frank Duncan.
In 1963, Ralph Izzard, one-time journalist and traveller in India, returned to Madras. From there he visited the Holy places and magnificent Hindu temples of the South, where the earliest known inhabitants of the country-the Dravidians-took refuge from the invaders from the North. In that region, their ancient culture, with its traditions of dance and music over 2,000 years old, has been preserved almost intact.