Outdoor portrait. Introduction of colour photography. Three fourth shot. An old men wearing yellow veshti, sacred thread on his upper body, watch, the saivites symbol (patai/pusai) with the customary symbol on the forehead (potu), flowers garlands. He has on his head rituals offering packed on a yellow cloth. He is in greeting pose (vanakkam). Background has windows of train. It is written on the real bottom left corner "R.V. Ravi, photographer, Madu.71.