Moksha

In many sections of Hindu society in India, a woman’s life changes drastically after her husband’s death and becomes completely marginal to the mainstream. Many women, unable to face the consequences and humiliation of social attitudes towards them, often go to places of holy pilgrimage and try to immerse themselves in religious fervour. Women from Bengal, especially Krishna followers, go to places like Puri and Vrindavan, which have a central place in the lives of Krishna devotees. This movement of Bengali women to places of religious pilgrimage – ostensibly to seek salvation – has been going on since the nineteenth century. The film was shot in Vrindavan and shows these forsaken widows.