Holy men and fools /
The film narrates the story of Uma Giri, a Swedish woman who has become a Hindu nun, called Uma Giri. She is one of the few western women to be accepted into the most radical order of wandering Hindu ascetics. The film follows her and 29-year-old yogi, Vasisht Giri, on an 18 day pilgrimage of self-d...
| Other Authors: | , , |
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | This edition in English. |
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London :
Royal Anthropological Institute,
2005.
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| Series: | Ethnographic video online, volume 2
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | The film narrates the story of Uma Giri, a Swedish woman who has become a Hindu nun, called Uma Giri. She is one of the few western women to be accepted into the most radical order of wandering Hindu ascetics. The film follows her and 29-year-old yogi, Vasisht Giri, on an 18 day pilgrimage of self-discovery into the high Himalayas. They search out and stay with the saints and mystics of Hinduism in their remote huts and caves. They meet one sadhu who has not spoken for 14 years living beside the source of the River Ganges, Hinduism most sacred river. Finally, Uma discovers what she has been searching for. |
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| Item Description: | Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 6, 2014). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (71 min.) |
| Playing Time: | 01:11:14 |