Three Year Old Hindu Boy Engaged To Be Married... Traditional Custom From Ceylon...
Three year old Rajenderan Thamby from Ceylon, whose home is in Coolhurst Road, Crouch End, N.London - is engaged to be married... By ancient Hindu custom he is to marry his three-year-old cousin when he is older.. She lives in Malaya.. Rajenderan's father - who is in London hospital technician said "I never met my wife till our marriage was arranged - that's why our marriages are happier then yours"...
Keystone Photo Shows:- Rajenderan Thamby prays for his bride-to-be to a 'God' with a elephant's trunk, an offering of fruit before it - while joss sticks smoulder - at his London home...
Photo measures 8 x 10.25 inches.
Photo is dated 07-07-1955.
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