Towards the end of the eighth century, an architect journeys across the lower Himalayas in search of the perfect site for constructing a temple, not merely as a place of worship but as a monumental record crystallizing the collective accomplishment of a civilization.
The 8th-century craftsmen left Shiva’s rock-cut temple in Masrur unfinished. An earthquake left it half unmade. From the forest to the heart of the temple, the film follows the ancient plans, step by step. The rock breathes. What remains becomes a sign of the non-apparent.
This documentation explores anthropologically various nuances of Car Nicobar tribes within the geographical settings of the Nicobar. It provides a rare view of the lesser known life style, belief system rituals practices festivals and livelihood patterns and traces the oral traditions mythology, costumes and dialect of the Car Nicobarese. The documentary highlights the vernacular style and architecture including the indigenous beehive like thickly thatched huts with afo grass and traditional structural geometry. The film explores the Betal and Coconut production as an economic activity within an overall fame work of ecology and associated folklore.
