Sons of Shiva is a 1985 American documentary film by ethnographic filmmaker 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 and Baul singers of Bengal. It was the first film of "Pleasing God" trilogy of films about Hindu worship produced by Harvard's Film Study Center. It was followed by Forest of Bliss (1986) set in Benaras (Varanasi).
Film festivals & awards
Cine Golden Eagle Award, 1985
Second Prize, International Festival of Ethnographic Films, Nuoro, Italy, 1986
Margaret Mead Film Festival, 1986
Festival dei Popoli, 1986
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1986
Festival of India, Washington, DC, 1986