Navkalevar / script, sound & direction, Prithwiraj Misra ; a Prithvi Films production.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Misra, Prithwiraj.

Sethi, Arshiya.

Documentary Educational Resources (Firm)

Prithvi Films.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Oriya

Subjects (All):

Fasts and feasts--Hinduism.

Fasts and feasts.

Jagannath Rathayatra.

Purī (India)--Social life and customs.

Purī (India).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 streaming video (49 min.))

Other Title:

Title on container and disc labels: Navakalevar

Place of Publication:

Watertown, MA : Documentary Educational Resources, c2006.

Language Note:

In English, Oriya with English subtitles.

Summary:

Every 19 years, the wooden idols used in the Jagannath Rathayatra festival must be replaced by freshly-carved statues. This film provides a behind-the-scenes look at this highly-ritualized Hindu ceremony, known as Navkalevar.

Notes:

Originally produced as a documentary film in 1997 and released in 2005.

OCLC:

649690719