Inside the Temple

In 2017, audio producer Phil Smith travelled to Ukraine to attend his friend's wedding. There, somewhere between the cities of Ivano-Frankivsk, Lviv and Odessa, he fell in love with the soundworld of the sleeper train: its steady hypnotic rhythms, the melody of hurtling through t ...  Show more

Relax with a mix of music and natural sounds, recorded by Radio 3 Sunday Breakfast listeners. Three dawn choruses from across the UK, starring woodland, garden and sea birds, follow on from the very different dusk chorus from the remote Greeenland town of Ilulissat, which feature ...  Show more

On the second Saturday of each month, on the outskirts of the ancient city of Varanasi, Shiva's own city, thousands of shudra and Dalit devotees worship Yesu (Jesus) at a Catholic ashram. In an open-air pavilion more than three thousand women and men alternately sit, stand, and s ...  Show more

Über fünf Tage hinweg wird das hinduistische Lichterfest Diwali begangen, das je nach Mondkalender im Oktober oder November stattfindet. Ein spirituelles Highlight, das auch in deutschen Hindu-Tempeln gefeiert wird und als eines der bedeutendsten Ereignisse des indischen Festtagk ...  Show more

Sadhguru explains the science behind temple-building in India. In ancient times, temples were built as energy centers which reverberated with a powerful field of energy and were not intended as places of prayer. It was customary for people to visit the temples in the morning and ...  Show more

Looking at the science of temple-building, Sadhguru explains that traditionally in India, temples were never a place of religious prayer or worship. The temple is essentially a device created to come in touch with the divine. #Sadhguru Conscious Planet: https://www.consciouspla ...  Show more