Roman Catholic men and boys stand outside a chapel, Kottagūdem (India), 1963

Item Overview

Title

Roman Catholic men and boys stand outside a chapel, Kottagūdem (India), 1963

Photographer

Jairazbhoy, Nazir Ali, 1927-2009

Date Created

1963-1964

Date

1963/1964

Collection

Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts

Notes

Description

Roman Catholic men and boys stand outside an open-air chapel with a thatched roof after singing Telugu Christmas songs. A musician in a plaid shirt holds a harmonium on his shoulder (left), and a father holds a hymnal (center). A ḍholak or mṛdaṅgam player holds his instrument (right).

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Dimensions

35mm

Medium

b&w negative

Keywords

Genre

black-and-white negatives
black-and-white photographs

Location

Kottagūdem (Khammam, Telangana, India)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Aerophones
Musicians--India--Kottagūdem
Reed organ
Mṛdaṅgam
Membranophones
Ḍholak