3744 x 5616 px | 31,7 x 47,5 cm | 12,5 x 18,7 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
15. August 2015
Ort:
Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India
Weitere Informationen:
This festival poster from Thanjavur announce the Theemithi Thiruvizha, the annual fire-walking festival dedicated to Thiruvapathi Amman, a local manifestation of the goddess Draupadi. Such posters blend devotional fervour and community identity, displaying portraits of young men—known here as the “Kings Boys”—who act as local organisers or sponsors. Their digitally composed images surround the goddess’s fierce icon, merging sacred iconography with contemporary social visibility. This hybrid aesthetic, found across Tamil Nadu, transforms public walls into devotional and social canvases, where worship, masculinity, and digital self-representation intersect. It captures the living continuity of Amman worship and the democratised visual culture of Tamil popular religion.
