''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
''Upanayana'' ( sa, उपनयनम्, lit=initiation, translit=Upanāyanam) is a Hindu educational sacrament, one of the traditional saṃskāras or rites of passage that marked the acceptance of a student by a preceptor, such as a ''guru'' ...
in
Bishnupur Bishnupur or Vishnupur may refer to:
Administrative divisions
* Bishnupur district in Manipur, India
* Bishnupur district, West Bengal in West Bengal, India
* Bishnupur subdivision in West Bengal, India
Municipal division
* Bishnupur Rural Munic ...
and
Baul singers of Bengal. It was the first film of "Pleasing God" trilogy of films about
Hindu worship
Worship in Hinduism is an act of religious devotion usually directed to one or more Hindu deities. A sense of Bhakti or devotional love is generally invoked. This term is probably a central one in Hinduism, but a direct translation from the ...
produced by Harvard's Film Study Center. It was followed by ''
Forest of Bliss'' (1986) set in
Benaras
Varanasi (; ; also Banaras or Benares (; ), and Kashi.) is a city on the Ganges river in northern India that has a central place in the traditions of pilgrimage, death, and mourning in the Hindu world.
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(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
References
External links
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''Sons Of Shiva''
at Documentary Educational Resources
1985 films
Anthropology documentary films
American documentary films
1985 documentary films
Documentary films about Hinduism
Films shot in India
Shaivism
Documentary films about spirituality
1980s English-language films
1980s American films
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