The Indian Spice Trail
Leslie Forbes traces the flavours and people along the old spice routes of India. 8: A Feast in the Temple Before festivals, temple elephants like nothing more than chicken biryani - and the beat of the drums.
Hindus and Muslims spray coloured water at each other - not war, but love.
The elephant-headed god Ganesh likes cardamon. Is life a circle or a spiral?
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