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Wedding of the goddess / South Asian Area Center, University of Wisconsin--Madison.
LIBRA VHS BL1225.M48 W54 1987 pt. 1-2
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Contemporary South Asia.
- Contemporary South Asia
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chittirai.
- Mīnākṣī (Hindu deity).
- Śiva (Hindu deity).
- Śiva.
- Siva (Hindu deity).
- Festivals--India--Madurai.
- Festivals.
- Hinduism--Customs and practices.
- Hinduism.
- Goddesses--India.
- Goddesses.
- Gods--India.
- Gods.
- India.
- Madurai (India : District)--Religion.
- Madurai (India : District).
- India--Madurai.
- Genre:
- Religious films.
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 2 videocassettes (76 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
- 1/2 in.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Madison : Film Distribution Office, Center for South Asian Studies, 1987.
- System Details:
- VHS.
- analog
- magnetic
- VHS
- Summary:
- A documentary on the Chitterai Festival in Madurai, India, that provides historical background on the annual festival, shows the reenactment of the marriage of the god Sundareshvara and the goddess Minakshi, and provides a picture of the proceedings of the 19-day festival.
- Credits:
- Producer, Joseph W. Elder ; directors, Mira Reym Binford, Michael Camerini.
- Notes:
- Based on research monographs by Dennis Hudson.
- Videocassette release of a film originally produced in 1976.
- OCLC:
- 48129386
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