'Kashi Yathrai'

The seventh in my series on 'A South Indian Wedding'. 'The Family'

This is a very joyous occassion and friends and relatives across the

country and abroad come for the wedding, this is the best time to get

together. Everyone looks forward to the wedding and starts preparing

for it well in advance, In this picture you will see the traditional

attires for the immediate family, the men wearing the 'Panjakacham'

and the women wear the 'Madisaaru'. Look forward to the next in the

series of 'A South Indan Wedding' A small request - i would like the

members to see all the photographs in this series in totality as this

is more of a series and a story rather than individual photographs :)

photo.net isnt an online family-album..

there is nothing special about this shot.

i dont like it.

i dont know if it is softened.

but it seems quite unsharp...the faces

im sorry...

Norbert, if you look at the entire series as Pradeep has mentioned, you would see that it is more than just a family portrait, but a window into a particular religious/social tradition. That said, I think the image could you use some sharpening, but altogether given the overall presentation, it certainly has its place.

 

Pradeep, this looks to me like the Kaashi yaatra. Is that so? If this is the case, you might want to describe this portion of the ceremony a bit more.

 

Scribbles of light?? Vik you crack me up my fellow humanoid!

I guess i must have been a mutt when i uploaded this photograph, thanks Amar, i have made the changes to the title and the description to include the kashi yathrai. Norbert, i hope you get to see the complete series, and if you are still not interested, sorry :)

Good that you included this explanation, it takes it topically out of just being a family portrait and places it within a specific ceremonial framework.