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PARIS, FRANCE, June 22, 2003: During 2004, a number of programs are being planned to mark the tenth death anniversary of well-known writer, historian and Saivite, Alain Danielou. A French film about Alain Danielou by Joel Farges will be released in Francophone countries, with filming already completed in Rome, Venice, Varanasi and Paris. A film in English by the Indian director Rohit Singh Negi is scheduled to be completed by the end of this year. A touring exhibition of watercolors by Alain Danielou depicting his years in India will be mounted in Rome and Paris while Fayard, the French publisher of Alain Danielou’s book on photographs, “The Traditional India” will hold exhibitions of these photographs at the Cini Foundation, Venice. Shantiniketan, in West Bengal, will also show an exhibition of photographs concerning Rabindra Nath Tagore. Tagore’s 18 songs, set in Western notation by Alain Danielou, will be played in different concerts in Europe and India. Additionally, there will be a seminar on the relationship between Alain Danielou and Tagore. The Association Adelante has adopted the plays of Harsha, translated by Alain Danielou for staging in Paris. Translations of various books by Alain Danielou are being prepared in Hindi and English languages for publication in 2004. For additional information, kindly contact Jacques Cloarec at “source” above. Readers may also visit the website at http://www.alaindanielou.org however, one must be fluent in French to gain full enjoyment from the site.

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