Sons of Shiva is a 1985 American documentary film by ethnographic filmmaker Robert Gardner and Askos Ostor, about the worship of the God Shiva, features practices of Hindu worship and devotion, a four-day Gajan ceremony, a Sacred Thread ceremony in Bishnupur and Baul singers of Bengal.Sons of Shiva der.org.Sons of Shiva WorldCat It was the first film of "Pleasing God" trilogy of films about Hindu worship produced by Harvard's Film Study Center. It was followed by Forest of Bliss (1986) set in Benaras (Varanasi).Sons of Shiva Robert Gardner website.
Film festivals & awards Cine Golden Eagle Award, 1985 Second Prize, International Festival of Ethnographic Films, Nuoro, Italy, 1986 Margaret Mead Film Festival, 1986 Festival dei Popoli, 1986 Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1986 Festival of India, Washington, DC, 1986
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External links
Sons Of Shiva at Documentary Educational Resources