Eight programmes exploring traditional music of the Indian subcontinent.
5: Music and Devotion in South India
Richard Widdess visits temples, archives and concert halls and hears an invocation to the god Muguran, a Christian hymn from Kerala, singing by the devotees of Sai Baba, compositions of Tyagaraja, and a song in praise of Lord Krishna played on the flute by Sikkil Mala Chandrasekhar.