India's Pilgrims
India's Pilgrims
Clip: 425468_1_1
Year Shot: 1967
(Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1766
Original Film: 040-094-07
HD: N/A
Location: India - River Ganges
Timecode: -
45. The 8-days bathing festival on the River Ganges brings more than a million Hindu pilgrims to the annual celebration. A dip in the water means purification and salvation and is also a thanksgiving for bumper crops. Flocks of Hindus walk caring children and supplies while dressed in traditional attire. One family rides a top an elephant. Various shots of a tent city along the Ganges. Shots of individual camps with the city. The river's shoreline. Hundreds of pilgrims wad in the water, and some bring their cows. Close-ups of individual pilgrims .