Outdoor portrait. Slight sepia tone. Full length shot. Family portrait. There are approximately 40 persons standing on a temple entrance.. Children are standing with crossed leg on the foor. On the real right woman are standing and wearing saree. The man are wearing veshti, shirt and standing on the real left side and on the top. It is a wedding anniversary event. An old couple is standing on the middle. The wife is wearing saree, bangles, ear studds, nose studds, and the customary symbol on the forehead (potu). The husband is wearing Dhoti draping style specific to certain communities (panchakajam), Thread on his right hand, spectacles, rosarie made of dried seed of an Indian native tree (rudratcha malai), turban and the saivites symbol (patai/pusai) on his arms. The couple has the saivites symbol (pattai) on their forehead.
Family 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:
EAP946/8/1/2/59
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 EAP946/8/1/2:
- Item EAP946/8/1/2/59:
