Altar of fire
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Altar of fire
Documentary Educational Resources, c2007
Videorecording(Videodisc)
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Narration in English
Credits: editing, Michel Chalufour ; sound recording, Frits Staal, Nazir Jairazbhoy, Ted Carpenter, Kunju Vasudevan, M.N. Nambudiripad ; photography, Robert Gardner, Kevin Burke, Ravi Varma, Kunju Vasudevan, Sarwesh Kumar
Originally produced as a documentary film in 1976. The Film Study Center, Harvard University, c1976
Running time on container and label: 58 min
DVD format
Issued in container (19 cm)
Post card laid in container
Summary: "This film presents part of a much fuller record of the Agnicayana or Atirātra, a Vedic ritual of sacrifice. It was performed, perhaps for the last time, in April, 1975, by Nambudiri Brahmans in Panjal, a village in Kerala, southwest India. In relative isolation and through the centuries this Nambudiri community has remained faithful to its Vedic heritage. The twelve day Agnicayana ritual requires the participation of seventeen Nambudiri priests, and the event is preceded by several months of preparation"--Container