Indoor portrait. Three fourth shot. 60th wedding ceremony. The wedding couple are sitting at the left side of the image in praying posture wearing saree,flower garland(poomalai),chains,nose studd(mukuthi) and veshti. A couple are standing and pouring the holy water from 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. A man is standing near the lady holding a brass pot(sombu) in his hands. Family members are standing around looking at the ritual.
60th 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:
EAP946/9/2/1/31
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 EAP946/9/2/1/31:
