INDIA’S BOOK OF WISDOM; The Bhagavata Purana | Full Documentary

Inquiries: incimutlu@ Production India’s Book of Wisdom—The Bhāgavata Purāṇa The Oxford Center for Hindu Studies Presents The Bhagavata Purana is considered the crown jewel of the Hindu sacred ancient Sanskrit literature known as the Puranas. The Bhagavata Purana is a bhakti (devotional) scripture focused on the life and activities of Lord Krishna. As a major source of the living bhakti tradition in India, it is essential to understand this text to understand India’s culture of bhakti, art, literature and festivals. This 60-minute feature documentary focuses on the January 2017 International Bhagavata Purana Conference held in Chennai, India, where prominent Bhagavata scholars assembled to discuss this Sanskrit classic. Here we explore the ancient and contemporary life of this multi-faceted work with the documentary’s host, Dr. Kenneth Valpey, co-director (with Prof. Ravi M. Gupta) of the Bhagavata Purana Research Project of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies. The scholars who took par