In a Hindu temple and a church
Krishna Temple Zurich on Swiss TV!
For the entertainment program "Ding Dong", a TV crew visits the most unusual houses in Switzerland. In January we opened the doors of the temple and showed our home, or rather the home of Krishna. During four hours we gave insights into temple life and ended the tour with a Vedic fire ceremony.
Have fun watching!
Hare Krishna!
The language of the show is Swiss German, with subtitles in German. A transcript of the dialogues in English is attached here below.
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