The film brings to light the story of a group of elderly Buddhist nuns from Ladakh, who represent the last generation of unordained and uneducated women in robes. They have led quiet lives in isolated high mountains working as domestic helps and road construction labourers. Neglected by religious and social systems for centuries, the new Nyerma nunnery is their last call for dignity, enhancement and purification of their religious status.
A cinematic document set in the village of Nizamuddin, built around the dargah of the Chishti saint Sheikh, Nizamuddin Auliya- a village whichhas survived over seven hundred years into the 21st century.
The film is on the oracles of the Devi temple in Kuniyadi, a small town in Kerala - the ritual performance, the significance of this performance and its place in the lives of devotees and the medium themselves.
This is a film on the meaning of ‘prayer’ and the different ways people across different religions and social classes in India use prayer to add meaning to their lives