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Land of Buddha / a film by Abha Dayal.
LIBRA DVD BQ4095 .L36 2000
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Government document
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gautama Buddha.
- Buddha (The concept).
- Buddhist shrines.
- Buddhist antiquities.
- India--Description and travel.
- India.
- Nepal--Description and travel.
- Nepal.
- Buddhism--Doctrines.
- Travel.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (approximately 57 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- New Delhi : Public Diplomacy Division, Ministry of External Affairs, Govt. of India, 2000.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- DVD-R, NTSC, Region 1; full screen (1.33:1) presentation.
- digital
- optical
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- Summary:
- "The film is a tour of various stupas and Buddhist temples all over the Indian subcontinent. It tells the story of Buddha and his journey towards the attainment of supreme wisdom. Using narration over visuals of different shrines and stupas, it explores the importance of Buddhist literature in the development of human civilization. Through interviews of monks and devotes, it even shows the impact of Buddhism on people even today. It tells the history of propagation of Buddhism over the years through the different Buddhist architecture that evolved over time. It takes us on the journey Gautam Buddha took thousands of years ago."-- Container.
- Credits:
- Camera, S.K. Sanyal [and four others]; editor, Priti; music, Pramod Shankar.
- Notes:
- Videodisc release of the motion picture produced in 2000.
- OCLC:
- 905076872
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