Dying in Kashi [videorecording] : a passage to moksha / script & direction, P. Sheshadri ; Public Service Broadcasting Trust supported by The Films Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India presents ; producer & commissioning editor, Rajiv Mehrotra.
Format:
[videorecording] :
Publisher:
Public Service Broadcasting Trust,
Copyright Date:
2011
Description:
1 videodisc of 1 (DVD) (ca. 54 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Copyright notice on screen: PSBT, Prasar Bharati. Summary taken from container.
Summary:
It is believed that dying in Kashi is the only way to attain salvation. People are brought to Kashi at the fag end of their lives, just in time to enable them to die at the holy place. Because of this belief and the perennial funeral fires at the Ghats, Kashi is known as Maha Samshaan--the great cremation ground. The film presents various aspects of this concept of dying in Kashi.
Series:
Open frame
OCLC:
(OCoLC)843127319
LCCN:
2012339189
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.