Allegory: A Tapestry of Guru Nanak's Travels

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Allegory: A Tapestry of Guru Nanak's Travels
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Directed by
  • Amardeep Singh
  • Vininder Kaur
Music by
  • Satninder Singh Bodal
  • Saleema Khawaja
  • Ustad B.S. Narang
  • Mahabeer Singh
  • Niaz-U-Din Hunzai
  • Zohaib Hassan
  • Ajay Tiwari
Original languages
  • English
  • Punjabi
  • Hindi
  • Urdu
Production
Producer
  • Amardeep Singh
Cinematography
  • Salman Alam Khan
  • Deepak Verma
Animators
Datti Kaur (Visual Artist)

Prashant Grover (Illustrator)

EditorMuhammad Kamran Fazal
Original release
Release14:00,October 2021 (2021-10T14:00:00) –
24 March 2022 (2022-03-24)

Allegory: A Tapestry of Guru Nanak's Travels is a 24-episode multilingual docuseries, directed by Amardeep Singh and Vininder Kaur. [1] The docuseries documents various multi-faith sites across 9 countries which were visited by Guru Nanak, the first Sikh Guru, during his travels in the 16th century. [2] [3]

Contents

Production

The docuseries was filmed in nine countries; Sri Lanka, Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tibet (China), Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Bangladesh and India, and covered more than 150 multi-faith sites. [3] Initially, the docuseries was intended to be completed in one year [2] but it took more than three years to finish in English language and additional two years to edit in four additional languages. [4]

The series was produced in English, Punjabi, Hindi, and Urdu languages with a production cost of approximately $2 million. [5]

Online release

The 24 episode series in English, Gurmukhi, Hindi, Urdu and Shahmukhi is available on the TheGuruNanak.com website. [4]

Reception

The series received more than 500,000 views on the website from September 2021 till June 2022. [5]

References

  1. ↑ Service, Tribune News. "Following the Guru's path, Singapore-based couple, Amardeep Singh and Vininder Kaur, come up with a docu-series called Sainat, Guru Nanak Dey Paindeyan Di Roohani Chaap". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  2. 1 2 Shukla, Vandana (28 May 2019). "A legacy of unity and love: Amardeep Singh traces Baba Nanak's travels across nine countries". Firstpost. First Post.
  3. 1 2 Malhotra, Aanchal (10 November 2019). "On the trail of Guru Nanak Dev's travels from Tibet to Iran". The Indian Express. The Indian Express.
  4. 1 2 Service, Tribune News. "Author Amardeep Singh retraces travels of Guru Nanak on cam". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  5. 1 2 "Tracing the footsteps of Guru Nanak Dev — in Punjabi". The Indian Express. 16 June 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
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