This is a picture from my past: the day before my marriage, again a very formal engagement ceremony, but in the wedding hall.
I am decked like a typical South Indian Bride to be, wearing the same Golden Bee color saree with the deep voilet border, given to me by my would be in laws. The picture is in Black & White, for those days color photos were very rare.
We are all in Sarees: my mother in a nine yards saree, which was a green checks with a red border, and my sister too is in a Kanchipuram saree, (the color I don’t remember).
This is a photo taken randomely without us being aware that we are being photographed. It looks very natural. This is supposed to be a South Indian Baarath day or in Tamil ” Janvasam” day. The wedding takes place only on the next day.