Indoor portrait. Three fourth shot. 60th wedding ceremony. The wedding couple are sitting at the left side of the image wearing saree,flower garland(poomalai),chains,specatcles,sacred ash(thirunoor),towel over the head(talapakattu),nose studd(mukuthi) and veshti. An old lady is standing in the opposite wearing saree,chain,bangles(valayal),spectacles and ear studd(thodu). She is giving a big plate containing betel leaves and nuts(vethelay, paaku) and coconuts to the wedding couple. Family members are standing at the back facing the camera.
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:
EAP946/9/2/1/34
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 EAP946/9/2/1/34:
