麻豆约拍

Poet Daljit Nagra revisits the 麻豆约拍's radio poetry archive and selects Rites of Passage from a series in which Ian McMillan travels the length and breadth of the country, meeting people who turn to poetry for inspiration or solace at key moments in their lives.

In this episode - Hindu Wedding - McMillan travels to Bhaktivedanta Manor in Hertfordshire (made famous in the 70s when George Harrison donated it to the Hare Krishna Movement) for a Hindu wedding. He talks to the newlyweds about the place of poetry in their lives and to a Hindu priest about the poetic nature Of Sanskrit.

Producer Liz Leonard

First broadcast on 麻豆约拍 Radio 4 in 2004.