Indoor portrait. Wedding ceremony. 60th wedding ceremony ritual. The wedding couple are sitting on the left side of the image wearing saree,flower garland(poomalai), chains, nose studd(mukuthi) and veshti. Two people standing opposite to the wedding couple are pouring the holy water of the 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) over the wedding couple. Many people are standing surrounding them. A small girl standing on the rigth side is holding the brass pot(sombu) in her hand.
Wedding ceremony
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:
EAP946/9/2/1/2
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 EAP946/9/2:
- File EAP946/9/2/1:
- Item EAP946/9/2/1/2:
