PILGRIMAGE Reel 1 · Part 1

Description

Documentary: On the Hindus' pilgrimage to the sacred River Ganges, India. Presbyterian missionary Ira Hatch travels with and films pilgrims through the flatlands of central India and the mountains of Tibet. Reel 1: Ira Hatch and his camera. Maps trace the journey across Himalaya mountains and flatlands, from railroad station in Hurdwar to the temples in Kedarnath, Uttar Pradesh. Sacred fish and animals. Pilgrims in religious rites, and bathing in river. People give gifts to boys and men (priests). Reel 2: Pilgrims prepare and eat chepatis, do laundry, and rest en route; men carry some pilgrims in dandies, or open sedan chairs. Man carries elderly woman in dandi on his back. Palace of Maharajah of Tehri contrasts with humble dwelling of a Sadhu holy man. Pilgrims meet Tibetan goat herder-traders en route to market. Tibetans spin goat fur to make clothing and blankets, and sell baskets to pilgrims. Mountains; barefoot pilgrims. Badrinath Temple and its chief priest, Rawal Sahib.

Collection

Harmon Foundation Collection

Series

Motion Picture Films on Community and Family Life, Education, Religious Beliefs, and the Art and Culture of Minority and Ethnic Groups