From heart to heart (1988)

Russian rural landscape (panorama).

Volga landscapes.

Monument to Afanasy Nikitin in Tver.

Painting by N. Roerich "Overseas Guests".

Paintings by N. Roerich from the Indian series.

Russian and Indian girls in national costumes walk up the slope from the river bank, holding hands.

Fireworks in the night sky.

Prime Minister of India R. Gandhi and M.S. Gorbachev during the grand opening of the Festival of India in the USSR, view of the stadium stands. N.I. Ryzhkov among the guests.

Participants of the theatrical performance on the stadium field (panorama).

View of the center of Moscow and the Moscow Kremlin with a part of Red Square (top).

Views of Moscow.

Buildings of the Kremlin cathedrals.

Rajiv Gandhi and M.S. Gorbachev with his wife and their accompanying persons walk along the red carpet on the territory of the Kremlin during the ceremonial event dedicated to the beginning of the Festival of India in the USSR. Presentation of bread and salt to Indian guests.

Presentation of a cup with gifts of the Indian land to Gorbachev.

Indian participants in the ceremony (panorama).

View of Cathedral Square of the Moscow Kremlin during the reception of Indian guests. R. Gandhi delivering a speech, Gorbachev standing next to him.

Spectators listen to Gandhi’s speech (panorama).

TV and photo reporters are filming.

Gorbachev’s speech to the ceremony participants (synchronously).

Cameraman at the camera.

Residents of Moscow, standing at the granite parapet of the embankment, greet the ship with Indian guests and festival participants, sailing along the Moscow River.

Indian musicians on the ship.

The ship passes under the bridge (above).

Guests from India on the ship wave flags in response to the greetings of Muscovites.

Interview with Indian guests (synchronously).

Arrival of the festive flotilla to the pier of the sports complex in Luzhniki.

Performances of Indian artists, dancers, musicians at Moscow concert venues, faces of the spectators.

Interview with an Indian student (synchronously).

Faces of the spectators and performing Indian artists.

Interviews with Muscovites about the festival (synchronously).

Interviews with Indian guests (synchronously).

Communication between Russian and Indian children at concert venues.

Faces of Muscovites and Indian guests during communication.

The festival emblem on the stadium scoreboard.

Applauding spectators in one of the stands.

Gandhi R. and Gorbachev M.S. on the stand greet the participants of the festival during its grand opening.

Views and panoramas of the stands of the stadium in Luzhniki.

Artists from the state of Manipur open the festive procession around the stadium.

Artists of Indian folklore ensembles walk around the stadium, faces of the artists.

Girls from Rajasthan carry copper vessels on their heads.

Drummers pass by.

Faces of spectators in the stands.

Artists of Indian ensembles on the tracks of the stadium.

Panorama and view of the stadium in Luzhniki (above).

Performances of Indian folklore ensembles on the stadium field (above).

Faces of dancing Indian artists.

Dancing on stilts.

Performance of a dance ensemble of girls from Punjab.

Faces of spectators in the stands of the Luzhniki stadium during the grand opening of the Festival of India in the USSR. Performance of a dance ensemble of girls from Punjab and other artists on the stadium field, panorama of the stadium (above).

Faces of spectators.

Performance of an Indian dance on one of the platforms on the stadium field.

Spectators applaud.

Fireworks in the night sky.

The grand opening ceremony of the exhibition of Indian sculpture in Luzhniki.

Visitors in the halls of the exhibition.

Exhibits presented at the exhibition.

Views of Indian cities.

Sculptures of animals, ruins of ancient Indian cities.

Exhibits under glass of the exhibition stand.

Sculptural images of Buddha in one of the temples of India.

Colonnade of one of the ancient temples.

Faces of visitors to the exhibition of Indian sculpture.

Head of Buddha at the exhibition.

Sculptural images of Buddha presented at the exhibition.

Monument to Mahatma Gandhi.

People waving flags.

Newsreel: Nehru J. at the flag-hoisting ceremony of independent India in 1947. View of the ceremonial event.

Nehru is carried in his arms.

Jubilant residents of Delhi.

Nehru releases a white dove into the sky.

Views of Moscow streets in 1955. Residents of Moscow greeting Nehru, who arrived on a visit to the USSR. Nehru drives through the streets of the city in an open car.

View of the Spasskaya Tower of the Moscow Kremlin.

Indira Gandhi and her entourage lay a wreath at the mausoleum in 1971. Indira Gandhi at the mausoleum.

The unveiling ceremony of the monument to V.I. Lenin in Delhi.

View of the monument.

Panorama of central Delhi.

Passers-by on the streets of Delhi.

Movement of cars and cycle rickshaws on the streets of Delhi.

Views of the streets and squares of Delhi.

Fragments of a theatrical performance at the Luzhniki stadium during the opening of the Festival of India in the USSR, performance of a Russian folklore and dance ensemble.

Ryzhkov N.I. and Gandhi R. on the stands.

Performance of Soviet artists.

Performance of one of the Indian ensembles, spectators in the stands.

Performance of dances of the peoples of the USSR. Performance of Soviet ballet dancers on the stadium field.

Performance of artists of the Soviet circus, faces of the spectators.

Procession of Soviet artists along the stadium track.

Interview with a resident of India (synchronously).

Meetings of Indian artists with residents of Leningrad.

Views of Leningrad.

The spire of the Peter and Paul Cathedral.

Indian artists dancing at the Peter and Paul Fortress during their stay in Leningrad, faces of the audience.

Performance by Indian puppet theater artists on the territory of the Peter and Paul Fortress.

Photographs of Indian fauna, visitors viewing the Indian photo exhibition.

Photographs of Indian flora presented at the exhibition.

Panorama of one of the exhibition halls.

Visitors viewing children's drawings made by participants in the competition held as part of the exhibition.

The face of the youngest participant in the competition.

Visitors to the exhibition viewing children's drawings.

Interview with one of the competition participants (synchronously and behind the scenes).

Fragments of a drawing depicting crocodiles.

Drawings presented at the exhibition.

Guests from India on the deck of a pleasure boat during a trip to Siberia.

Indian guests visiting the Bratsk Hydroelectric Power Station and the Ethnographic Museum.

An Indian receives a cedar branch as a souvenir.

Indian women on the shore of Lake Baikal.

Indian girls blowing away dandelions.

Indian girls visiting the indigenous people of Siberia.

An interview with an Indian postgraduate student about her stay in Siberia (both live and off-camera), Siberian landscapes.

Young Pioneers applaud the dancing Indian girls.

One of the Indian guests plays volleyball with the Young Pioneers.

Interviews with Siberian women about their impressions of communicating with the Indian guests (both live and off-camera), views of Lake Baikal.

Performance by Indian dance ensemble artists during a trip to the Estonian SSR, demonstration of Indian dance technique, applauding spectators.

The face of dancer Sho Phanaydu, performing a dance on the edges of a special copper plate in the kuchi-khudi style.

Views of Tallinn.

Indian musician Got Hodev Dasgupta demonstrates the art of playing the Indian string instrument sarodi to his Estonian colleagues, view from the window.

Faces of Tallinn residents.

Indian artists before a performance on the Tallinn square.

One of the dancers applies makeup before the performance.

Faces of girls watching an Indian dance.

Performance of classical Indian dance on one of the squares of Tallinn, depicting scenes from the life of the god Krishna.

Indian artists perform a dance of the Punjabi people, accompanying themselves on folk instruments.

View of one of the historical mosques of Samarkand.

Gur-Emir Mausoleum in Samarkand.

Monument to the astronomer and scientist Ulug-Bek.

Ancient architecture of Samarkand, the dome of one of the mosques.

View of an Indian pagoda.

Fragments of pagoda decorations.

Views of ancient Indian palaces.

View of the Taj Mahal complex.

Architectural monuments of Agra.

Architectural ensembles of Samarkand.

Indian guests at the fountain in Samarkand.

Performance of the Uzbek folk ensemble of folk instruments.

Indian guests and residents of Samarkand dance holding hands.

Indian guests communicate with residents of Samarkand, get acquainted with the local culture.

Residents of Samarkand treat Indian guests to local dishes and tea.

Children's faces.

Indian artists prepare for a concert, tune musical instruments.

Performance of the ensemble "Lampadi".

Photograph of an Indian woman.

Visitors in the halls of the exhibition dedicated to the women of India.

Faces of Indian women, presentation of a garland to Gorbacheva R.M. Visitors examine the exhibits presented at the exhibition.

Indian national tableware presented at the exhibition.

Demonstration of glasses made by Punjab craftsmen.

Reed baskets for grain and rice presented at the exhibition.

Visitors to the exhibition watch a potter at work.

Making clay tableware on a potter's wheel.

The face of a potter.

The hall of the Indian cuisine restaurant "Delhi", opened in Moscow during the days of the Festival of India.

Demonstration of drawing an Indian national pattern on homespun cloth.

Faces of Indian guests.

Demonstration of everyday rituals at the exhibition.

Visitors to the exhibition get acquainted with national Indian crafts.

Interview with an employee of the Indian embassy about the results of the exhibition (synchronously and behind the scenes).

Visitors in the halls of the exhibition.

Samples of Indian women's jewelry presented at the exhibition dedicated to the women of India, faces of the exhibition visitors.

Photo portrait of an Indian girl.

Women on the streets of Indian cities.

Indian guests during a visit to an art gallery.

An Indian dancer putting on makeup before a performance.

Interview with an Indian dancer (synchronously).

Solo performance of an Indian dancer, the emblem of the Festival of India in the USSR. Joint performance of Uzbek and Indian dance ensembles on the stage of the Kremlin Palace of Congresses.

Entrance to the Kremlin Palace of Congresses.

People going to a concert.

Interview with director Nikolai Loktionov (synchronously and behind the scenes).

The face of Indian composer Ravi Shankar.

Shankar plays the sitar.

Indian artists on Sverdlov Square in front of the Bolshoi Theater.

Indian artists pose for a group photo against the backdrop of the Bolshoi Theater, take photos.

The final concert of the Festival of India in the USSR at the Bolshoi Theater.

Applauding spectators.

The ritual of lowering the flames of memory into the water during the closing ceremony of the festival.

Fireworks on the water.

The flame of memory on the surface of the water.