Indoor portrait. Full length shot. Marriage event. Groom is sitting with crossed legs on a bunch, below of a decorative with garland roof and turned on his real left side.He is wearing veshti, shirt and flower garlands. People are standing behind. In front of him The priest wearing veshti and stole is tying the sacred thread on the cocunut hoded by the groom. A man wearing veshti and shirt is standing and holding a plate of raw rice. On the floor there are stool, and a pot filled with holy water and the mouth is decorated with mango leaves that are held in place by a coconut.
Marriage event
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:
EAP946/28/1/1/45
Level:
Item
Extent:
1 TIFF image
Digitisation date:
2018
Legal:
Access is for research purposes only
This item is part of
- Project EAP946:
- Collection EAP946/28:
- Collection EAP946/28/1:
- File EAP946/28/1/1:
- Item EAP946/28/1/1/45:
