Documentary 4min

Benares, the Holy City of the Hindus (1910)

Original title: Bénarès, la ville sainte des Hindous
Not rated.

Facts
Country France
Language French
Titles
(Original) Bénarès, la ville sainte des Hindous
Production
Distribution
(USA, 1911) General Film Company
Categories
Actuality Film Black and White Documentary Hinduism Holy Cow Mosque Short Silent Film Temple
Description

The film begins with some views of ruined mosques, the banks of the river and the exterior and entrance of the Golden Temple. Then we enter the interior of the Temple where the calf and the sacred cow are kept. From there we go to the Temple of the Monkeys; then we attend the bathing ceremony in the sacred waters of the Ganges Finally we see the construction of a pyre for the cremation of the dead.

Source: Pathé Freres - Translated

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Cast
Unavailbale.
Crew
Charles Pathé - Producer