This is my blog post No. 1499. And finally, now this article which
I have been unintentionally delaying since I started blogging eleven years ago, in
April 2009.
My family, my friends, my relatives and many followers of my blog
know very well that I have written and continue to write a lot about events in
our family, my travel and pilgrimage narratives, about special foods, restaurants,
my take on current events and at times lyrical poetry and so on, all supported
by lots of photographs numbering to over 15,000 as of now and of course some
videos.
And these photographs that I am posting today after such a long
delay are with me for 41 years! They should have gone into my blog a long time
ago because my blog is my journal, a ready reckoner of my life events.
Nevertheless, the time has come now as I am just one short of
touching the milestone of 1500 blog posts. And my next article, my blog post
No. 1500 would also be of interest to the family because of countless smiles in
it.
Now coming back to this post No. 1499, it is of my Wedding Photos
and a short Wedding Video. My wedding took place on 9th May 1979 that is 41
years ago. I have uploaded the B & W photographs in a video format which is
of 8 minutes duration. And the next video is in colour, a colour video and
colour photos of 11-minute duration. The colour video and the colour photos are
of poor quality as colour photography was at its infant stages in 1979, even in
Mumbai. The colour video was originally shot on the now vintage Movie Camera on
8mm movie film. After developing the film we could view the movie only by
hiring a Movie Projector and viewing it on a screen! Years later with the arrival
of VCR, we got the 8mm film content transferred to Video Cassettes and then
after the advent of VCD players and Personal Computers we got it converted to
CDs. And just now into YouTube format for my journal and for the family to
view, but in this long process, the quality has diminished.
Our
Wedding Photos Video (B & W):
Our
Wedding Video (Colour Video and Photos):
PS. Soon after the photo albums and the video arrived, I and my wife conversed why we did not appear smiling during the ceremonies. The answer was simple and the same from both of us. We were focussed on the rituals and constantly praying for a happy future for us and the happiness of our families.
The background Nadhaswaram you hear in the above two Wedding Videos is based on one of Saint Thyagaraja Swamy’s most popular Keerthanas – “Seetha Kalyana Vaibhogame, Rama Kalyana Vaibhogame”. You may listen to this melodious vocal rendition by clicking on the following video:
