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EAP1274/3/186/3
- Record Id:
- 041-004317928
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004315819
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100159689019.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP1274/3/186/3
- Title:
- Toda priest giving blessings to a women
- Scope & Content:
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This photo negative shows a Toda priest giving blessings to a women near the temple premises, a boundary wall around the temple built with rocks and stones on a certain height, the Toda men wear traditional priest dress covered with blanket and their own traditional dress code, the women covers her body with cotton blanket and decorates her hair in traditional style, usually the Toda women decorates their hair style in their own traditional method on special occasions and festival occasions, the man lift his left leg and keeps on the women forehead and give blessings, whereas the women sits below the leg foot and keeps the head and hand to get the blessings, this is a usual process of Toda tribal community.
Size and dimensions of original material: Height 6 cm, width 6 cm.
Condition of original material: Deteriorated and discolored.
Country of Origin: India.
Related regions: Tamil Nadu.
Related towns/cities: Nilgiri; Udhagamand.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Digital Documentary Resources in Nilgiri and Coimbatore
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004315819
040-004317925
041-004317928 - Is part of:
- EAP1274/3 : Collections of Nilgiri Documentation Centre (NDC)
EAP1274/3/186 : Photo / Negative envelope 177
EAP1274/3/186/3 : Toda priest giving blessings to a women - Hierarchy:
- 032-004315819[0186]/040-004317925[0003]/041-004317928
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP1274/3
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 TIFF image
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/item/EAP1274-3-186-3 (opens in a new tab)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not Applicable
- Start Date:
- 1930
- End Date:
- 1970
- Date Range:
- Mid 20th century
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- India
- Access:
- User Conditions:
- Access is for research purposes only. CC BY-NC.
This item is part of the Endangered Archives Programme.
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- Information About Originals:
- The original material is located in Nilgiri Documentation Centre (NDC), Konnerimukku, Kotagiri, The Nilgiris
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)