Dust and ashes /

Every 12 years in India, 15 million pilgrims gather together for the world's largest religious festival. The last one was in January 1989, at Allahabad on the confluence of the Ganges and the Yamuna rivers. This film joins the faithful - a millionaire pontiff and the festival organizer - for an...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Bedi, Naresh (Director), Yorke, Michael (Director)
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Language Notes:	This edition in English.
Published:	London : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), 1989.
Series:	Under the sun
Subjects:	Fasts and feasts > Hinduism. Hindu pilgrims and pilgrimages > Ganges River Valley (India and Bangladesh) Hindu pilgrims and pilgrimages > India > Allahabad. Kumbha Melā (Hindu festival) Sadhus > India > Allahabad. Fêtes religieuses > Hindouisme. Pèlerinages hindous > Gange, Vallée du (Inde et Bangladesh) Pèlerinages hindous > Inde > Allāhābād. Kumbha Melā. Sādhus > Inde > Allāhābād. Hindu pilgrims and pilgrimages. Sadhus. Asia > Ganges River Valley. India > Allahabad. Online media. Documentary television programs. Nonfiction television programs. Documentaires télévisés. Émissions télévisées autres que de fiction.
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Summary:	Every 12 years in India, 15 million pilgrims gather together for the world's largest religious festival. The last one was in January 1989, at Allahabad on the confluence of the Ganges and the Yamuna rivers. This film joins the faithful - a millionaire pontiff and the festival organizer - for an intriguing glimpse of a unique event.
Item Description:	Title from resource description page (viewed Mar. 12, 2014).
Physical Description:	1 online resource (video file (50 min.)) : sound, color.
Playing Time:	00:50:13