Pilgrimage To A Hindu Temple

Series: Hindu Religion Series no 6

Creator: Smith H Daniel

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: Shows a middle-aged Tengalai Sri-vaisnava Brahmin getting off the bus in the village of Sriperumbudur. Features the pilgrim moving to the temple tank where he bathes and changes into garbs appropriate for worship, going into the temple and circumambulating the precincts, making his way through the shadowy passages and pillared courts to the innermost shrine in the sanctum. Concludes with the man completing his visit to the temple and is shown returning to the bus-stop for his trip back home from the pilgrimage.