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Now showing — Siddhartha · 5 works

  • Siddhartha Books · 1920s

    Hermann Hesse wrote Siddhartha after he traveled to India in the 1910s. It tells the story of a young boy who travels the country in a quest for spiritual enlightenment in the time of Guatama Buddha. It is a compact, lyrical work, which reads like an allegory about the finding of wisdom.

    FolkloreRitualMemory
  • Pathaan Film

    2023 Indian film by Siddharth Anand

    After-hoursLongingUrban isolation
  • 2014 Tamil film directed by Srinath

    After-hoursLongingUrban isolation
  • The Buddha Essays

    Indian philosopher and the founder of Buddhism (623 or 563 BCE – 543 or 483 BCE)

    ModernityResistanceIdentity
  • Dorian Gray Music · 2010s

    Held here because it strengthens the visible field.

    After-hoursLonging
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  • Vallavanukku Pullum Aayudham Film
  • Pathaan Film
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  • Vallavanukku Pullum Aayudham Music
  • Looking for Alaska (Music from the Original Series) Music
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  • The Buddha Essays