Poster of Altar of Fire

Altar of Fire

Plot: This film records a 12 day ritual performed by Mambudiri Brahmins in Kerala, southwest India, in April 1975. This event was possibly the last performance of the Agnicayana, a Vedic ritual of sacrifice dating back 3,000 years and probably the oldest surviving human ritual
Release Date: Thursday, January 1 1976
48 years ago
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Portrait of Robert GardnerRobert Gardner
Robert Gardner was
50 in Altar of Fire
as 'Director'
Thu, Nov 05 1925 –
Sat, Jun 21 2014