Pilgrimage

Australia, 1980

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Episode of Series “Journey into the Himalayas”.
Keith Adam mounts an expedition to the source of India’s sacred river, the Ganges. Hundreds of thousands of devout Hindus make the gruelling journey from the hot, dusty plains of the Indian sub-continent to witness, for the first time in their lives, the terrifying grandeur of the Himalayan peaks which give birth to the holiest of all rivers.

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Credits

producer/director

Stafford Garner

production company

ABC

Duration

00:28:15:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1980

Appears in

Journey into the Himalayas

Group of items

Journey into the Himalayas

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

012577

Language

English

Subject categories

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Ganges River (India)

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Himalaya Mountains

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → India - Description and travel

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → India - Social life and customs

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Pilgrims and pilgrimages

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Travel

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Hinduism

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Pilgrims and pilgrimages

History → Pilgrims and pilgrimages

Places → Ganges River (India)

Places → Himalaya Mountains

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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