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Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) – Renowned devout Hindu organisation ‘Prachyam Studios’ has released a documentary film titled ‘Shashwat Sanskruti’ (Eternal Civilisation) on 28thMay. This documentary film explains the superiority of the noble ‘Indian Knowledge System’ of Southern India. It beautifully describes, in an Indian way, how ancient Hindu culture was preserved, despite many other cultures becoming extinct. Any rational person would be surprised beyond words, to know the tradition of Indian knowledge.
Pravin Chaturvedi, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of ‘Prachyam’, told a representative of ‘Sanatan Prabhat’, that it was an impressive film and an attempt to present the Indian culture and traditions to the world from the perspective of Indians, through this medium. It is a film of about half an hour in English and has been jointly released with the Indian Government’s Education Ministry.
Courtesy: Prachyam
Highlights about the documentary
1. It took one year to make this film.
2. Visit to Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala States to show the footprints of India’s rich culture.
3. Meeting eminent personalities, scholars and experts like Prof B Mahadevan, Prof Nilesh Oak in various fields such as Indian classical dance- Bharat Natyam, traditional painters, ‘Kalarippayattu’ scholars, ancient metallurgical scientists, sculptors making statues with copper and granite, Ayurveda experts and architects, etc.
4. Visits to Vedic Pathshala and schools to learn about the preservation and propagation of Indian knowledge and ‘Guru-Disciple’ tradition of India
5. Held discussions with Gauri Mahulikar of ‘Chinmaya Mission’ at Adi Shankaracharya’s house to understand the cultural inner vision
6. Comments on the importance of Sanskrut language and its role in Indian culture.
The core of the documentary
Hindu culture has empowered human beings for ages. The ancient Indians purified the knowledge system to such a high level that they could master the process of acquiring knowledge and create socially caring experts; therefore, the knowledge could be passed on and protected. It made the most prosperous civilisation, inclusive of all sciences such as architecture, culture, the art of cooking, literature, finance, etc. Till the eighteenth century, therefore, India was the richest country in the world.