The French Institute of Pondicherry houses thousands of manuscripts related to the worship of the God Shiva, one of the most important theistic traditions of India. We take you to the heart of this fragile and unique collection, inscribed on UNESCO's Memory of the World Register, which continues to fascinate the experts.

About this video

Original title: Shiva's Mysterious Manuscripts

Production year: 2018

Length: 7 min 21

Director: Pierre de Parscau

Producer: CNRS Images

Speaker(s) :
Dr T.GANESAN
Sambandan SIVACHARYA

The French Institute of Pondicherry (IFP) 
CNRS / MAEE