Shrines
Mark Tully discusses the increasing popularity of less formal worship at shrines. He visits one of the holiest Sufi shrines in Delhi with historian and Sufi devotee Sadia Delvi.
Centred around a visit to his local Sufi shrine in Delhi, Mark Tully considers the apparently increasing popularity of shrines in many cultures.
He talks to journalist and Sufi devotee Sadia Delvi at the holy shrine at Nizamuddin Auliya, which is the mausoleum of India's most famous Sufi saint. The Qawwals sing, offerings are made and food is shared as they discuss the pluralism of worship in such places.
Mark also introduces readings by poets Robert Lowell and Edmund Blunden, and by journalist Jon Lichfiled, along with music from Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Matthew Halsall and David Bowie.
The readers are Emily Raymond, Francis Cadder and Jasper Britton.
Presenter: Mark Tully
Producer: Frank Stirling
A Unique production for 大象传媒 Radio 4.
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Music Played
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William Byrd & Davitt Moroney
Have with You to Walsinghame
- Hyperion.
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Matthew Halsall
When The World Was One
- Gondwana.
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Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Dam Mast Qalander
- Songlines.
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David Bowie
Starman
- EMI.
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Josquin des Prez & Voices of Ascension
Ave Maria
- Delos.
Readings
Title: Our Lady of Walsingham听
Author: Robert Lowell听
Published by Faber
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Title: Account of her Vision听
Author: Mary Byrne听
Found in the Knock Museum Collection
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Title: The Festubert Shrine听
Author: Edmund Blunden听
Published by David Higham
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Title: Ode, Melbourne Shrine of Remembrance
Author: Rudyard Kipling听
First published in The Times and in various Australian newspapers on November 12th 1934.
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Title: Pilgrims, Flowers and a Secret Roadside Shrine听
Author: John Lichfield听
Published by the Independent newspaper in 2003
Broadcasts
- Sun 12 Mar 2017 06:05大象传媒 Radio 4
- Sun 12 Mar 2017 23:30大象传媒 Radio 4