Temple Movies

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Phai is an innocent boy who has been forced to be a monk, with the hope that this would help the venerable monk to get better from disease. At the...

This official travelogue of a royal tour follows the Prince on a series of regimental displays and a tiger hunt.

Recounts the 40-year history of building the Salt Lake Temple, shown as if recounted by Wilford Woodruff to a young reporter. It portrays the...

Anchin, a young monk on a pilgrimage with his master, asks the widow Kiyohime to stay the night. The widow falls in love with him but he rejects her,...

A mother finds it hard to believe that her son is convicted as a terrorist and is sent to gallows. Eventually, she loses her mental balance.

This film depicts Bunleua Sulilat’s temple/sculpture garden 'Sala Keoku', located in northern Thailand. Passages of blackness sporadically...

Dr Raghav Shastri, a young NASA scientist, returns to India and realises that the entire nation blindly worships God. An atheist, he decides to...

Kunjimalu, a maid, falls in love with Haridas, her employer's son. However, she is in for a rude shock when she learns that his marriage is fixed...

Hindu temples at Benares and Belur and the mythologies associated with them.

A group of friends, Manao, Fah, Dao and Krit, enter into the ancient Thai style home inherited by Dech, the purpose is to rebuild the home with the...

Based on the history of Phra Siwalee, one of the apostles of the recluse Gotama Buddha. It was broadcasted on 3-9 January 2019, a total of 7 days, 7...

A scenes from a tour of Manipur State and a women's bazaar in Imphal.

Documentary detailing a farmer’s visit to the market in Rawalpindi.

The sites and sounds at the 800-year-old Horenji Temple in Kyoto — electro music, English, takoyaki, a kaleidoscopic elephant — would...

A Christian take on 'Edenless' India, where heathens are unafraid of snakes, and build 'interesting' temples to their gods.

Gorgeously dreamlike colour images of (then) French India – present-day Puducherry.

Amateur shots of pilgrims and temples at Haridwar, followed by rural scenes and the Gorrie family at home.

A documentary exploring the ruins of a Mayan temple in Mexico and a "cursed" medallion that was found there.