My life: Lakshmi Devi

 

Self-description

The name of the elder brother of my father in law is Arjun. My mother in law is Priya. My name is Lakshmi. My husband is Raghu. My husband's younger brother (devar) is Rahu. I have three children, One Arun (a boy), Jogendra (a boy), and Maya (a girl). My husband's younger brother has three children. His eldest daughter's name is Lela. Next there is Ashmati (a girl) and the youngest is a boy, Shridev. I was born in the village Mahadevpur near Kendra Road. I was married when I was 16 years old.

A former member of the Air Force absorbed in the building of his home.

...performing puja (worship) at home.

Husking lentils (dal) in a mortar.

A young man sitting on the roof.

The Grihaswamini (female head of the house) making cakes of dried cow dung

A wife giving her husband a massage with mustard oil.

The lady of the house and a servant separating bran

Two babies enjoying the sunshine.

A girl with her paternal grandmother in a vegetable field.

Three young women knitting sweaters in the cold sunshine.

The female head of the house preparing food with...

A young woman in the tenth class studies at home.

Three gotra (a lineage or exogamous sub-division of a caste) sisters...

Performing puja at the abode of Shastri Brahm...

An Indian woman rings the bell of the temple after puja.

On the roof of the temple after puja.

Performing work-service (kar-seva) at the abode of Sri Shastri Brahm.

A family at the entrance of the temple after puja

A friend playing the harmonium.

Worshipping the Goddess.

A young child playing in the sunshine.

A father taking a sip of tea with his daughters on a morning...

A former member of the Air Force looking after a Nim tree.

Two sisters sitting in the morning sunshine.

A husband and wife perform puja at home with their niece.

A woman busy getting ready to prepare vegetables.