BBC - Great Indian Railway Journeys Series 1 (2018) Part 1 Amritsar to Shimla

Great Indian Railway Journeys Series 1

Michael Portillo travels across India guided by his Bradshaw's 1913 Handbook of Indian, Foreign and Colonial Travel.

Part 1 Amritsar to Shimla

Beginning in the Sikh holy city, Michael is dazzled by the beauty of the Golden Temple and awed by the scale of its langar - the world's largest free kitchen. His route then takes him through the Punjab, India's breadbasket. Michael samples traditional chapattis, has a colourful kurta made up in one of the Punjab's biggest cloth markets, and can't resist the foot-tapping rhythms of Punjabi bhangra dancing, made famous by Bollywood. At Kalka, Michael glimpses the Himalayas for the first time and joins the 1906-built mountain railway for a stunning climb to Shimla.

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