High-angle wide-shot of crowd throwing food onto an alter and man ringing a bell. Mid-shot of a man offering the oil lamp - devotees touch the flame, then their heads. Wide-shot of the altar with Durga (the 8-armed goddess), Ganesha and other deities. Close-up of Durga's face, zoom-out to high-angle of the altar and crane down to low-angle of altar through the crowd.

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• Duration: 00:02:34
• Audio: Mono
• Aspect Ratio: 4:3
• Date of Recording: 02/10/1995
• Attribution: Aru Muggam
• Credit: The Open University
• Extract from: An Introduction to the Humanities (A103) course material
• Keywords:
  • Hinduism,
  • ceremony,
  • Durga,
  • worship,
  • goddess,
  • eight arms,
  • aarati,
  • Aarti,
  • puja,
  • ghee lamp,
  • Calcutta,
  • India,
  • religion,
  • religious,
  • festival,