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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Sons of Shiva&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; is a 1985 American [[documentary film]] by [[visual anthropology|ethnographic filmmaker]] [[Robert Gardner (anthropologist)|Robert Gardner]] and Askos Ostor, about the worship of the God [[Shiva]], features practices of Hindu worship and devotion, a four-day Gajan ceremony, a [[Sacred Thread ceremony]] in [[Bishnupur, Bankura|Bishnupur]] and [[Baul]] singers of Bengal.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.der.org/films/sons-of-shiva.html Sons of Shiva] der.org.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.worldcat.org/title/sons-of-shiva/oclc/233814639?referer=di&amp;amp;ht=edition Sons of Shiva] [[WorldCat]]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; It was the first film of  &amp;quot;Pleasing God&amp;quot; trilogy of films about [[Hindu worship]] produced by Harvard&amp;#039;s Film Study Center. It was followed by &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Forest of Bliss]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (1986) set in [[Benaras]] (Varanasi).&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://robertgardner.net/RG/_films_videos/page19_sonsofshiva.html Sons of Shiva] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121052317/http://robertgardner.net/RG/_films_videos/page19_sonsofshiva.html |date=2008-11-21 }} [[Robert Gardner (anthropologist)|Robert Gardner]] website.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Sons of Shiva&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; is a 1985 American [[documentary film]] by [[visual anthropology|ethnographic filmmaker]] [[Robert Gardner (anthropologist)|Robert Gardner]] and Askos Ostor, about the worship of the God [[Shiva]], features practices of Hindu worship and devotion, a four-day Gajan ceremony, a [[Sacred Thread ceremony]] in [[Bishnupur, Bankura|Bishnupur]] and [[Baul]] singers of Bengal.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.der.org/films/sons-of-shiva.html Sons of Shiva] der.org.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.worldcat.org/title/sons-of-shiva/oclc/233814639?referer=di&amp;amp;ht=edition Sons of Shiva] [[WorldCat]]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; It was the first film of  &amp;quot;Pleasing God&amp;quot; trilogy of films about [[Hindu worship]] produced by Harvard&amp;#039;s Film Study Center. It was followed by &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Forest of Bliss]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (1986) set in [[Benaras]] (Varanasi).&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://robertgardner.net/RG/_films_videos/page19_sonsofshiva.html Sons of Shiva] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121052317/http://robertgardner.net/RG/_films_videos/page19_sonsofshiva.html |date=2008-11-21 }} [[Robert Gardner (anthropologist)|Robert Gardner]] website.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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| studio         = Film Study Center at [[Harvard University]]&lt;br /&gt;
| distributor    = [[Documentary Educational Resources]]&lt;br /&gt;
| released       = 1985&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Sons of Shiva&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; is a 1985 American [[documentary film]] by [[visual anthropology|ethnographic filmmaker]] [[Robert Gardner (anthropologist)|Robert Gardner]] and Askos Ostor, about the worship of the God [[Shiva]], features practices of Hindu worship and devotion, a four-day Gajan ceremony, a [[Sacred Thread ceremony]] in [[Bishnupur, Bankura|Bishnupur]] and [[Baul]] singers of Bengal.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.der.org/films/sons-of-shiva.html Sons of Shiva] der.org.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.worldcat.org/title/sons-of-shiva/oclc/233814639?referer=di&amp;amp;ht=edition Sons of Shiva] [[WorldCat]]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; It was the first film of  &amp;quot;Pleasing God&amp;quot; trilogy of films about [[Hindu worship]] produced by Harvard&amp;#039;s Film Study Center. It was followed by &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Forest of Bliss]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (1986) set in [[Benaras]] (Varanasi).&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://robertgardner.net/RG/_films_videos/page19_sonsofshiva.html Sons of Shiva] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121052317/http://robertgardner.net/RG/_films_videos/page19_sonsofshiva.html |date=2008-11-21 }} [[Robert Gardner (anthropologist)|Robert Gardner]] website.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Film festivals &amp;amp; awards==&lt;br /&gt;
* Cine Golden Eagle Award, 1985&lt;br /&gt;
* Second Prize, International Festival of Ethnographic Films, Nuoro, Italy, 1986&lt;br /&gt;
* Margaret Mead Film Festival, 1986&lt;br /&gt;
* Festival dei Popoli, 1986&lt;br /&gt;
* Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1986&lt;br /&gt;
* Festival of India, Washington, DC, 1986&lt;br /&gt;
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* {{official|http://www.robertgardner.net/sons-of-shiva/}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{AllRovi movie|217040|Sons of Shiva}}&lt;br /&gt;
* [https://store.der.org/sons-of-shiva-p431.aspx &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Sons Of Shiva&amp;#039;&amp;#039;] at [[Documentary Educational Resources]]&lt;br /&gt;
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