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BBC Two - Extreme Pilgrim, India: the River

Vicar Peter Owen Jones travels to the Kumbh Mela festival on the river Ganges.

Three part series. Pete is a vicar, but he wants to learn from other cultures about feeling close to God. He journeys to India, where he ends up living in a cave.

Peter Owen Jones has been a vicar in the Church of England for 14 years, but he feels that other religions could help him to build a more personal relationship with God. He travels to the Kumbh Mela festival on the river Ganges. Here, Pete meets the Saddhus: a group of priests who see themselves as mediums between the Gods and humanity. They achieve this state via discipline, austerity and marijuana. Determined to achieve this state himself, Pete goes to live in a cave on the Himalayas.

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