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Himalaya with Michael Palin - Season 1 Episode 2 A Passage to India

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Goes up to 14500ft by Helicopter to get his first taste of high altitude, then has to detour back to Lahore to actually cross into India after observing some truly bizarre border rituals. He visits a huge Sikh temple at Amritsar and then takes the Himalayan Queen railway to Shimla the old capital of British India. Here he visits a local theatre stuck in a time warp and then goes on to beautiful but war torn Kashmir. Here he stays on one of the famous houseboats and then visits Srinigar where the Dalai Lama now lives. He gets his astrology chart done by the Buddhist monks and then has the chance to interview the Dalai Lama.

First Air Date: Oct 03, 2004

Last Air date: Nov 07, 2004

Season: 1 Season

Episode: 6 Episode

Runtime: 50 minutes

IMDb: 8.10/10 by 14.00 users

Popularity: 4.378

Language: English