Allegory: A Tapestry of Guru Nanak's Travels
Documentary series
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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]
- Amardeep Singh
- Vininder Kaur
- Satninder Singh Bodal
- Saleema Khawaja
- Ustad B.S. Narang
- Mahabeer Singh
- Niaz-U-Din Hunzai
- Zohaib Hassan
- Ajay Tiwari
- English
- Punjabi
- Hindi
- Urdu
- Amardeep Singh
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| Animators | Datti Kaur (Visual Artist) Prashant Grover (Illustrator) |
| Editor | Muhammad Kamran Fazal |
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| Release | 14 October 2021 – 24 March 2022 |
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]