The most sacred of India’s cities, Banaras is the meeting place of heaven and earth. For over two-thousand five hundred years pilgrims have journeyed to Banaras to bathe in the River Ganges and to be cremated on its banks, and the film explores the spiritual forces that have ensured the survival of Banaras over thousands of years of history.
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
016386
Language
English
Subject categories
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Funeral rites and ceremonies
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Ganges River (India)
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → India - Description and travel
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → India - Religion
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Pilgrims and pilgrimages
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Religion
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Travel
Documentary
Documentary → Documentary films - India
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Hinduism
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → India - Religion
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Pilgrims and pilgrimages
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Religion
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Funeral rites and ceremonies
History → Funeral rites and ceremonies
History → History
History → India - History
History → Pilgrims and pilgrimages
Places → Ganges River (India)
Short films
Short films → Short films - India
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)