While filming the Spiti valley, the wildfilmsindia team took a de-tour to Gue village to film the Tibetan Mummy which we have now filmed many times in the past. Each time, the setting was different though. See our video from the year 2000 here: https://youtu.be/zfQuhrDFR6Y The leatherised and dessicated remains of a 15th-century Buddhist monk named Sangha Tenzin were discovered in 1975 when the stupa or Buddhist temple that housed him collapsed during an earthquake. This Buddhist mummy was examined in the British film 'The Mystery of the Tibetan Mummy' which was provided ground logistics and production support by Wilderness Films India Ltd.. The film carried research by Professor Victor H Mair of the University of Pennsylvania’s Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. The Buddhist monk remains remarkably preserved as he started the mummification process while still alive. The mummy of Sangha Tenzin is now on display in a temple in Gue, two miles from where itwas found, in the Spiti area of Himachal Pradesh state. Managed by the Indo-Tibetan Border Police, the town's only claim to fame is this mummy itself. Giu or Ghuen / Gyu is a small village, with fewer than 70 houses, situated at a height of around 10,000 feet between Sumdo and Tabo, some 40 km. from the 1,000-year-old Tabo Monastery. Fondly called as Mummy Lama by the villagers, the monk once belonged to the Gelugpa / Gelugapa order. Carbon dating has confirmed the Tibetan mummy to date back to 1475, making it over 500 years old. The Mummy was found in a sitting position with a rosary in one hand, and all parts of the body just as they were. An unusual '‘Gomthak’ belt runs down the spine, from the neck to the lower parts of the body. This suggests that the monk was a practitioner of “Zogchen”, the highest form of meditation. This footage is part of the broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asia. The collection comprises of 150, 000+ hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on 4K, 200 fps slow motion, Full HD, HDCAM 1080i High Definition, Alexa and XDCAM. Write to us for licensing this footage on a broadcast format, for use in your production! We are happy to be commissioned to film for you or else provide you with broadcast crewing and production solutions across South Asia. We pride ourselves in bringing the best of India and South Asia to the world... Please subscribe to our channel wildfilmsindia on Youtube www.youtube.com/wildfilmsindia for a steady stream of videos from across India. Also, visit and enjoy your journey across India at www.clipahoy.com , India's first video-based social networking experience. Reach us at rupindang [at] gmail [dot] com and admin@wildfilmsindia.com To SUBSCRIBE click the below link: www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=WildFilmsIndia Like & Follow Us on: Facebook: www.facebook.com/WildernessFilmsIndiaLimited Website: www.wildfilmsindia.com
