Sepia tone. Indoor portrait. Full length shot. Puberty ceremony (manjal niratu). The girl is sitted on a decorative swing and holding a hand kurchief on her left hand. She is wearing saree, chains, necklace, arm band (vanki), ear studds, nose studds, forehead chain (neti suti), flower garland in which her name as "Soundara Nayaki" is mentionned in tamil and the customary symbol (pottu) on the forehead. On her real right, on a stool, there are silver vessels and on her real left, there are sarees and in front, on the floor, there are big plate (tambula tattu) with bettle leaves, flowers, fruits, coconuts and sweets. Background has curtain.