Title Serpent mother / ca film by Allen Moore and Ákos Östör ; produced by Robert Gardner and Ákos Östör for the Film Study Center, Harvard University

Published Watertown, MA : Documentary Educational Resources, ©2005

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Description 1 online resource (1 streaming video (28 min.)) Series Pleasing God Ethnographic video online Summary Shows how the Bengalis in the town of Bishnupur worship the snake goddess Manasā, a deity of the earth who is close to the day-to-day concerns of agrarian life Credits Cinematography, Allen Moore ; editors, Allen Moore, Ákos Östör Cast Interview, Akalankan Nandi Event Originally produced in 1985 Notes English and Bengali with English voiceover Print version record Subject Manasā (Hindu deity) -- Cult -- India -- Bishnupur SUBJECT Manasā (Hindu deity) fast (OCoLC)fst01007365 Subject Hinduism -- India -- Bishnupur Hindu sects -- India -- Bishnupur Hinduism -- Doctrines. Hindu sects. Hinduism. Hinduism -- Doctrines. Cults. SUBJECT Bishnupur (India) -- Religious life and customs India -- Religious life and customs Subject India. India -- Bishnupur. Genre/Form Documentary films. Ethnographic films. Nonfiction films. Documentary films. Ethnographic films. Nonfiction films. Documentaires. Films ethnographiques. Films autres que de fiction. Form Streaming video Author Moore, Allen, 1952- Östör, Ákos. Gardner, Robert, 1925-2014. Harvard University. Film Study Center. Documentary Educational Resources (Firm)

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