Outdoor portrait. Slight sepia tone. Family portrait. Full length shot. 60th wedding event of Oppula. KU. NA. Nanuvayyar, held on Tai 18th (Tamil Month) - (31-1-67) of the Month week.It is written below of the mount in Tamil " Sachtiyata Purthy Santi". Wedded couple are sittinf with crossed legs with others family members. The wedded couple are wearing flower garlands, chain, the customary symbol (pottu) and the saivites symbol (pusai) on the forehead. The woman are wearing saree, jewels, flowers behind the head. The small girls are wearing frock, double plaits with flowers. Men are wearing veshti, shirt and the sacred ash (tirunur) on the forehead. In front of the couple. there are rituals vessels and the homam Kundam (Holy place, where the priest light the fire for the puja). It is written on the real left bottom corner "Chitra Studio, Madurai".
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:
EAP946/8/1/2/99
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 EAP946/8/1/2/99:
