Prosperity for the Family
Collection: Queens Memory Collection at the Archives at Queens Library: Shavetta Gupta
Date: May 25, 2002; 2002-05-25
Material: Color photograph Dimension:
5 x 7 inches; 400 dpi
Creator: Shavetta Gupta
Identifier: aql:19489 qmp-sg-000016 qmp-sg-000016.tif
Description: Towards the end of her wedding day, Shavetta Gupta throws grains of rice behind her as she leaves the wedding hall with her husband Rajesh Gupta. The grains are thrown to her family behind her so that they will have no shortage of wealth and prosperity after giving away their daughter.
Creator :
Shavetta Gupta
Date :
May 25, 2002; 2002-05-25
Summary/Description :
Towards the end of her wedding day, Shavetta Gupta throws grains of rice behind her as she leaves the wedding hall with her husband Rajesh Gupta. The grains are thrown to her family behind her so that they will have no shortage of wealth and prosperity after giving away their daughter.
Subject :
Weddings; India; Culture; Indian Americans (East Indian Americans)
Rights :
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Coverage :
Punjab (India) Astoria (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)
Type :
Color photograph
Format :
Color photograph; 5 x 7 inches; 400 dpi
Identifier :
aql:19489 qmp-sg-000016 qmp-sg-000016.tif
Subject:
Weddings; India; Culture; Indian Americans (East Indian Americans)
Weddings; India; Culture; Indian Americans (East Indian Americans)
Rights Notice
Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
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