Indoor portrait. Full length shot. Marriage event. Old couple standing with flowers garlands. The woman is wearing silk saree, bangles, chains, ear studds, nose studds, finger rings, toe ring (meti), customary symbol (pottu) and sacred ash (tirunoor) on her forehead. The man is wearing veshti, jippa, long stole (ankavastiram), turban, rosarie beads chain with pendant (rudratcha malai) and the saivites symbol (patai/pusai) on his forehead. On the their side 2 old women are standing and wearing saree and chain. Background has decorative (wedding hall) mandappa. On the real bottom left corner, it is written in tamil "Kembu, Pudu Patti, "Ponamaravadhy".
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:
EAP946/8/1/1/22
Level:
Item
Extent:
1 TIFF image
Digitisation date:
2017
Legal:
Access is for research purposes only
This item is part of
- Project EAP946:
- Collection EAP946/8:
- Collection EAP946/8/1:
- File EAP946/8/1/1:
- Item EAP946/8/1/1/22:
