Sons of Shiva
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Sons of Shiva
（The pleasing God series）
Documentary Educational Resources, c2007
Videorecording（Videodisc）
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Narration in English
Credits: Cinematography, Robert Gardner ; sound recording, Ákos Östör ; editing, Michael Chalufour, Robert Gardner, Ákos Östör ; funding, National Endowment for the Humanities, Film Study Center, American Insitute of Indian Studies, Social Science Research Council
"From the film project 'Pleasing God', c1985, The Film Study Center, Harvard University"--Screen credits
Research based on monographs by Ákos Östör: Play of the Gods (University of Chicago Press), Culture and power (Sage Publications)
Copyright: 1985, The Film Study Center, Harvard University ; "1985"--Container, label
Running time on container and label: 29 min
DVD format
Issued in container (19 cm)
Post card laid in container
"This film belongs to The pleasing God series of films about how Hindus worship"--Container
Summary: "Sons of Shiva is a sustained attempt to film a four-day ceremony concerned with the worship of Shiva. Devotees of the God Shiva are shown from the initial taking of the Sacred Thread through gradually intensifying action to a culmination in a variety of ascetic and self practices. Devotees are also shown in informal activities such as preparing food and listening to recitals of devotional songs by the famous mendicant Bauls of Bengal"--Container