Indoor portrait. Full length shot. Group portrait. There are more than 20 persons. Men, woman and children are standing with rituals offerings like Clothes, flowers garlands, pot. Most of the men are wearing dhoti draping style specific to certain communities (panchakajam) without shirt, sacred thread (punul) on the upper body. Man standing on the midlle is wearing rosarie beads with pendant (Rudracham) and all men are wearing the saivites symbol (pottu) on the forehead. people on the back are holding umbrellas. background has temple ceiling. It is written on the real left bottom (R. J. Velu and Bros, Chidambaram.
Group portrait
Item details
Creation date:
20th century
Languages:
Not applicable
Scripts:
Not applicable
Content type:
Photograph
Place of origin:
India
Originals information:
The original material is located at the French Institute of Pondicherry (IFP), India
Reference:
EAP946/11/1/1/6
Level:
Item
Extent:
1 TIFF image
Digitisation date:
2017
Legal:
Access is for research purposes only
This item is part of
- Project EAP946:
- Collection EAP946/11:
- Collection EAP946/11/1:
- File EAP946/11/1/1:
- Item EAP946/11/1/1/6:
