Indoor portrait. 60th wedding ceremony. Full length shot. The wedding couple are sitting in the middle in praying position wearing saree,flower garland(poomalai),spectacles,bangles(valayal),nose studd(mukuthi),ear studd(thodu) and customary symbol on the forehead(pottu). 6 children are standing and sitting near the wedding couple.The priest is sitting on the right side looking at the camera. A man is standing at the back wearing shirt and veshti, facing the camera. Kalasams (pot filled with holy water and the mouth is decorated with mango leaves that are held in place by a coconut placed over it) are present infront of the couple. The image is taken inside a temple.
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:
EAP946/9/2/1/51
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 EAP946/9/2/1/51:
