Outdoor portrait. Sepia tone on the bottom of the photo. Full length shot. Group portrait. There are approximately 30 persons. All are men and boys, devoteed of lord Ayyappa. Some men are standing and boys with men are sitted on the floor with crossed legs. They are wearing shirt, veshti, flower garlands around their neck, the saivites symbol (patai/pusai) with the customary symbol on the forehead (potu). On the top of the mount, It is written " Sri Ayyappan Vijayam". On the bottom of the mount, it is written in Tamil that the event was held in Margazhi (Tamil Month) 24-12-66 (saturday).
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:
EAP946/8/1/2/69
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 EAP946/8/1/2/69:
