Indoor portrait. Silver deterioration. Wedding shot. The groom is sitting in the middle wearing shirt,veshti and flower garland(poomalai). An old man is sitting near the groom on the right side. There is a big oil lamp on the right side of the groom. Kalasam (pot filled with holy water and the mouth is decorated with mango leaves that are held in place by a coconut placed over it) is present over the mount of raw rice infront of the groom. Men and children are standing around the groom. Mango leaves are tied and hanged above on a thread. The photograph is taken inside a temple.
Wedding shot
Item details
Creation date:
after 1957
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:
EAP946/9/1/1/4
Level:
Item
Extent:
1 TIFF image
Digitisation date:
2017
Legal:
Access is for research purposes only
This item is part of
- Project EAP946:
- Collection EAP946/9:
- Collection EAP946/9/1:
- File EAP946/9/1/1:
- Item EAP946/9/1/1/4:
