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An expectationally fine example of embossed 10d brown [SG57] cancelled with the barred Hull numeral 383.
The total number of sheets [of 24] issued to the public was 116,915 [2,805,960 stamps].
The first registration sheet is dated 23rd May 1848 and the earliest known usage is 23rd Nov 1848.
Number 1 in a series of four on the theme of the Sixties for Maggies Monday Musings challenge . This is rather obscure usage of the theme but :-
Mary Quant and the mini skirt
Austin/Morris Mini Minor
any clearer, LOL
Background painted wet-into-wet using twinkling H2O's. Stampings embossed
The ancient Hindu temple of Changu Narayan is located on a high hilltop that is also known as Changu or Dolagiri. The temple was surrounded by forest with champak tree and a small village, known as Changu Village. The temple is located in Changunarayan VDC of Bhaktapur District, Nepal. This hill is about 8 miles east of Kathmandu and a few miles north of Bhaktapur. The Manahara River flows beside the hill. This shrine is dedicated to Lord Visnu and held in especial reverence by the Hindu people. This temple is considered as the oldest temple in Nepal.
HISTORY OF CHANGU NARAYAN TEMPLE
The pagoda style temple has several masterpieces of 5th and 12th century Nepalese art. According to legends Changu Narayan temple existed as early as 325 A.D. in the time of King Licchavi King Hari Datta Verma and it is one of Nepal's richest structures historically as well as artistically. In the grounds there is a stone pillar inscription of great importance recording the military exploits of King Man Deva who reigned from 496 A.D. to 524 A.D. The first epigraphic evidence of Nepalese history found in the temple premises during the reign of the Licchavi King Mandeva dating back to 464 A.D. shows that Changu had already been established as a sacred site in the 3rd century A.D. It is the earliest inscription known in Nepal. The temple was restored during the lifetime of Ganga Rani, consort of Siva Simha Malla who reigned from 1585 to 1614. There are records of the temple burning in the year of 822 Nepal Samvat (1702 A.D.), after which reconstruction was carried out. More inscriptions in gilt-copper plates were added by Bhaskara Malla in 1708 A.D.
LEGEND ABOUT CHANGU NARAYAN
In ancient time a Gwala, a cow herder, had brought a cow from a Brahman named Sudarshan. The cow was known for producing large quantity of milk. The Gwala used to take the cow to Changu for grazing. At that time Changu was a forest of Champak tree. While grazing the cow it always went to the shade of a particular tree. In the evening when the Gwala took the cow home and started milking the cow he got only very few amount of milk. This continued several days. He became very sad so he called the Brahmin and told him that the cow is not giving enough milk. Brahmin after observing the fact from his own eyes then planned with the Gwala to inspect the activities of cow during the day while she was grazing in the forest. Both Brahmin and Gwala hide themselves behind the trees and spectate the activities of the cow. The cow went into the shade of a particular champak tree. To their surprise a small black boy came out from the tree and started drinking the cow milk. Both became very furious and they thought that the boy must be the devil and tree must be its home. So Brahmin cut down the champak tree. When the Brahmin was cutting down the tree a fresh human blood came out from the tree. Both Brahmin and Gwala became worried and they thought that they have committed the great crime and they started crying.From the tree lord Vishnu emerged out and he told the Brahmin that it was not their fault. Lord Vishnu told them the story that he had committed a heinous crime by killing Sudarshan’s father unknowingly while hunting in the forest. After that he was cursed for the crime. He then wandered on earth on his mouth, the ‘Garuda’ eventually descending on the hill at Changu. There he lived in anonymity, surviving on milk stolen from a cow. When Brahmin cut down the tree, lord Vishnu was beheaded which freed Lord Vishnu from his sins. After hearing these words from Vishnu, Brahmin and Gwala started worshipping the place and they established a small temple in the name of Lord Vishnu. Ever since that day, the site has been held sacred. . Even today we can find the descendant of Sudarshan Brahmin as priest of the temple and the descendents of Gwala as ghutiyars (conservators).
PHYSICAL ASPECTS
Changu Narayan Temple is situated at the top of the hill surrounded by forest of Champ tree. On the main way to temple courtyard, we can find human settlement. People from Newar community live in and around Changu Narayan area. With the development in tourism in this place, we can find many medium and small sized hotels, restaurants, souvenir shops, etc. An ancient stone tap is located on the way to Changunaran which is believed to have existed since the time of Lichhavi.
THE TEMPLE ART AND ARCHITECTURE
Changu Narayan is considered to be the oldest temple of Nepal. It remains a milestone in Nepali temple architecture with rich embossed works. The two-storey roofed temple stands on a high plinth of stone. According to Professor Madhan Rimal, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Tribhuwan University, the temple is neither in Shikhara Style nor the Pagoda style. It has an architectural style which he would like to describe as a traditional Nepali temple. Many similar features are found at Gokarna Mahadev. The temple is surrounded by sculptures and arts related to Lord Vishnu. Also we can find the temples of lord Shiva, Ashta Matrika, Chhinnamasta, Kileshwor and Krishna inside the courtyard of main temple. There are four entrances to the temple and these gates are guarded by life size pairs of animals such as lions, sarabhas, graffins and elephants on each side of the entrances. The ten incarnations of Lord Vishnu and the other idols are carved in the struts, which support the roof. The entrance door is gilded with carvings of Nagas (snakes). On the main entrance gate (i.e. western entrance gate), we can find the Chakra, Sankha, Kamal and Khadga all at the top of a stone pillar. These stone pillars has inscription in Sanskrit. This inscription is considered to be the oldest inscription of Nepal and the stone inscription pillar was erected by Lichhavi King Manadeva in 464 AD. The following monument are located while visiting the temple from the right side after entering from the main entrance (Eastern gate) to courtyard.
Historical pillar erected by Mandeva in 464 AD
Garuda:- flying vehicle of Lord Vishnu which has got a human face and is a devotee of Vishnu.
Statue of Bhupalendra Malla, King of Kantipur and his queen BhuwanLakshmi.
Chanda Narayan (Garuda Narayan):- 7th century stone sculpture of Vishnu riding on Garuda. This sculpture has been depicted in the 10 rupee paper note issued by Nepal Rastra Bank
Sridhar Vishnu:- 9th century stone sculpture of Vishnu, Laxmi and Garuda which stands on the pedestals of various motifs.
Vaikuntha Vishnu :- 16th century sculpture of Vishnu seated on the lalitason position on the six armed Garuda and Laxmi seated on the lap of Vishnu
Chhinnamasta:- Temple dedicated to Chhinnamasta devi, who beheaded herself, offered her own blood to feed the hungry Dakini and Varnini.
Vishworup:- 7th century stone sculpture- beautifully carved that depicts the scene from the Bhagwat Gita, in which Lord Krishna manifests his universal form to his devotee Arjun.
Vishnu Vikrant :- 7th century sculpture of Trivikram Vishnu that depicts the scene of popular Hindu myth of Lord Vishnu and his beloved Bali Raja.
Narasimha :- 7th century sculpture of Narasimha , an incarnation of Lord Vishnu, killing the demon King Hiranyakasyapa to save his beloved devotee Prahalad.
Kileshwor:- small two storied temples of Lord Shiva, who is believed to have appeared in this place for the protection of the hill.
INFORMATION CENTRE
There is a information centre at the entrance to Changu Village. They issue tickets to tourist. The information center has a public toilet for tourist. Also drinking water facilities is available for tourist. But the drink water facilities have not been managed properly. Only direct tap water is available there. According to Binaya Raj Shrestha, owner of Chagu Museum and the member of temple management committee, on an average 150 foreigners visit Changu.
CHANGU MUSEUM
A private museum is also located on in the Changu Narayan on the way to temple. According to Binaya Raj Shrestha, the owner of the museum, it is the first private museum of Nepal and it has the collection of ancient coins, tools, arts and architectures. There is an excellent collection of ancient, historical, artistic, religious, archaeological, cultural and other rare objects. The museum has a good collection of ancient tools used by Newar family during the medieval period. It was established on the occasion of millennium year 2000 AD with the permission of Changu Narayan VDC. The entrance fee for Nepalese is NRs. 50 and NRs. 300 is charged for foreigner. On an average 35 visitors visit this museum in a day. Mostly foreigners and Nepali students visit this museum.
ETHNOGRAPHIC MUSEUM
There is an ethnographic museum inside the building of the temple which incorporates both objects and photographs collected by Judith Davis. Entrance is INR. 250 for foreigners. There is also a small bookshop.
FESTIVALS AND FAIRS
Since the ancient period, many festivals and fairs have been organized on various occasions. One of the main festivals of Changu is called Changu Narayan Jatra. The festival ‘Mahashanan’ held here as an important festival. On the day of ‘Jugadi Nawami’ and ‘Haribodhini Ekadashi’ special puja is conducted in Changu. Daily puja and aarati is not conducted in temple and on the occasion of family rituals, such as birthday, marriage, etc local conduct not special puja in the temple.
MANAGEMENT APPROACHES
Changu Narayan Temple is on the list of world heritage sites. The valuable stone sculpture and ancient inscriptions have archeological, historical and cultural significance. Changu Narayan VDC is formed a committee called Changu Narayan Temple management Committee which is the responsible body to work for protection, preservation and management. Likewise the Department of Archeology and Palace Management Office, Bhaktapur has also provided assistance on the conservation and preservation of the temple. Many local youth clubs are involved in managing festivals, organizing awareness programs in and around temple area.
THREATS/CHALLENGES
The Manohara stream has long seen rampant mining of sand and stones. Local administration have failed to control the mining activities. Because of the mining activities, the temple area has become prone to landslides. Due to overgrazing in the nearby forest, the chances of soil erosion and landslide are very high.
There is a challenge regarding the security of the unique sculptures. Also the temple is getting older so renovation is necessary. The tourist information center has not been managed properly and they have not maintained good records of tourists. The museum is not issuing ticket bills after payments are made by Nepali visitors. Although Changu is only 8 miles east of Kathmandu, bus service is still lacking which means a newly constructed road to Changu has failed to bring in a significant number of tourists.
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Altered frame for my niece's photo that will be showing in our living room.
Materials:
* "Tilda - Magnolia" rubber stamp From - "ladydailly"
* "Faber Castell" - watercolor pencils
* "cloud 9" - "be Loved" collection
* "Prima" flower
* "Bazzill" cardstock
* "Ranger" - Stickles glitter
* "American Crafts" - Puffy Thickers, Ribbons
* "Ek success" - Curvy Cutter Circle Template, CornerAdorner Large Rounder punch
* "Doodlebug" - frills
* "Cuttlebug" - emboss folder
Ribbon Blossom Tutorial - by Pam Bassett
Choose from 5 sizes, 4 shapes, 3 heights, 4 panel designs, and 6 border designs. That means there are 4330 combination options! You also have the choice of a headboard only, complete bed frame with slats, or a complete bed frame with a platform. All available with the full Norwalk line of materials (leather and fabric!)
My the options are endless!
Shown at the foot of the bed is the Swag ottoman with acrylic legs and an embossed leather.
STAMPtember is here and I got to create with the gorgeous Nature Mandala by Stephanie Low! For these two cards I used heat embossing. For the kraft card I simply stamped the image in VersaMark, applied some embossing powder in Enchanted Gold by Ranger and then heated. The panel was trimmed down on one side and adhered to a card base along with a strip of gold glitter cardstock. The sentiment is from the SSS Mom Flowers set. The top card uses the emboss/resist technique and distress oxide inks in Wild Honey and Spiced Marmalade. The sentiment is from the Take Heart set combined with the layered heart die set.
You can find the full release here:
www.simonsaysstamp.com/category/Shop-Simon-Releases-STAMP...
Adding this to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge of anything goes.
Details available on my blog here: www.stampinginspiredby.blogspot.com/2013/04/addicted-to-e...
Thanks for looking!
Pattern source: Interweave Knits Winter 2005 / Mona Schmidt
Yarn: Koigu Premium Merino
Needles: 3 mm
I created the background with clear embossing powder and distress inks. The coffee cup is raised with foam squares.
I found this little guy a few days back asleep on a rose in the garden ,or maybe it was just his time...
amazing the reflected lights on his body from the rose...
Blender enthusiast's might recognize this monkey as old Suzanne. The plate used to emboss this was 3d printed and can be seen here: www.flickr.com/photos/mrbell/8516329458/in/photostream/
Embossed cupcake in cadbury purple
Embossing
Embossing involves raising areas of a card surface above the level of the rest. The diagram below shows a coat of arms that has been embossed on bizcard. The images stands out from the card as it has been produced by a stamp which presses the card to the correct shape.
Heavily processed Cassini image of Saturn's south pole. I used an image of Arabic calligraphy as the seed image.
Description:
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2.0mm-15mm for embossed PC sheet
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2. Swimming covering
3. Roof light or canopy for office buildings, department stores, hotels, schools, amusement centers, hospitals, etc.
4. Sound absorption wall for freeways, high-speed railways.
5. Protection window of bank, jewelry shop.
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... keys. Embossed keys background, inked. Added. Wooden key coloured with silver Inka Gold & a metal key.
Part of Phoebe's 21st giftbox... love the dotty embossing on this one... handpainted 'leopard print' spots on the 21 to coordinate with the rest of the giftbox...
The tower is topped with a 6" vanilla sponge covered in embossed icing and a sugarpaste flower creation.
This Lake is regarded as the embossment of Renukaji, the wife of sage Jamadagini and mother of Parshuram, one of the ten Avtars of Lord Vishnu. Shaped like a profile of a woman, this lake is considered as the largest in Himachal. For more details about Himachal Tour Packages feel free to visit - bharatdarshantourism.com/package/himachal-tour-packages/
The new Disney Store Classic Evil Queen 12'' doll has been fully deboxed and is posing standing up. She is supported by a metal doll stand (not included with the doll). She is photographed from all angles.
Review of Classic Evil Queen Doll
Her head and face are much more movie accurate than that of the Designer Evil Queen, but don't approach the accuracy (and beauty) of the Mattel Great Villains Evil Queen doll. She has a head that is considerably larger than the Mattel doll, and it does look too large for her body. Also, her hood is a molded part of her head, rather than an actual cloth hood over rooted hair, as in the Mattel doll. Her face doesn't have features as refined or delicate as the Mattel doll, who is has more pronounced cheekbones, a thinner face, and a look of steely evil. The Disney doll has lips that are in an Elvis type snarl, which her mouth slightly open, whereas the Mattel doll has pouty, fuller lips with her mouth closed. The Disney doll's lips are bright red, the Mattel doll's lips are very deep red, almost maroon in color. The Disney doll has a tanned skin tone (a deeper color than my photos show, which were taken with flash rather than natural light). The Mattel doll has a pinker skin color that more closely matches the movie character. They both have small green eyes with heavy eyelids, and thin double arched eyebrows. The Disney doll's left eyebrow is higher than her right, matching the snarl in her upper lip, whereas the Mattel's eyebrows are symmetrical. The Mattel doll's face is more beautiful, elegant and faithful to the movie character, but I like the Disney doll's facial expression.
She has the same body construction as the other 11-12'' dolls in the 2012-2013 Disney Princess Classic Doll Collection, that started with Classic Merida in April 2012. She has neck, shoulder, elbow, wrist, hip, knee and ankle joints. Her head is on a ball joint that allows 360 degrees rotation about a horizontal plane, and tilting 10 degrees down, 30 degrees back, and 30 degrees towards the left and right. Her shoulder have ball joints 360 degree rotation in a vertical plane and tilting about 90 degrees from the vertical. Her elbows are also ball joints, that allows 90 degrees tilt inward and 30 degrees outwards. Her wrists are hinge and pivot joints that allow 360 degrees rotation and can tilt 90 degrees backward and 45 degrees forward. Her hips have ball joints that allow rotation about a plane 30 degrees from the vertical, and tilting 30 degrees outward. Her knees are hinge joints that allow tilting 80 degrees backwards and 10 degrees forward. Finally her ankles are hinge/pivot joints like her wrists, allowing 360 rotation, 45 tilt upwards and 80 degrees downwards. She is much more posable than the Mattel doll, who doesn't have articulation in her arms or legs.
Her outfit is consists of a satin dress and cape, that are separate removable pieces. The dress is form fitting slinky dark purple satin. It has very large sleeves that drape over the arms, with gold trim. There is a long belt that is a red rope, that also hangs from her waist. The collar is white satin that is attached to the cape. The full length satin cape is black on the outside and red on the inside, with both layers glued together, making it rather stiff. She has black high heeled shoes, that fit very snuggly on her feet, so I removed the rubber bands that secured the shoes to her feet for shipping. She has a crown made of matte finish gold colored plastic, that is attached to her head via three tabs on the inside of the crown. The tabs are not glued to the corresponding slots in her head, so the crown is removable. The Mattel doll's outfit is much more elaborate and accurate. For instance, her cape is two layers that are sewn together rather than glued, making it much more flexible, with the outer layer black velvet (rather than satin), with white fur trim. Also the robe's clasp has a semi-spherical jewel in a gold ring, whereas the Disney doll has a faceted crystal glued to the cloth clasp. The Mattel doll has polished gold shoes, versus the plain black shoes of the Disney doll. Likewise, the Mattel doll has polished gold crown, versus a matte finish gold crown on the Disney doll. There is also an embossed pattern and white trim on the sleeves, rather than gold stitching on the hem of the Disney doll's sleeves. The Mattel doll has detached purple inner sleeves, which the Disney doll lacks. Finally the belt on the Mattel doll is thicker, with a gold thread embedded in the red rope, with much larger tassels that are very soft, with embedded red tinsel. Overall, the Mattel's outfit looks much richer and truly fit for a Queen.
She has no accessories. So she is missing the heart box that was included with the Mattel Great Villains version of Evil Queen. Nor does she have the poison red apple that is depicted in the box graphics.
First look at the newly released Disney Store Classic Evil Queen 12'' doll. Her look (the doll and her outfit) is based on her appearance in the movie, and is much more movie accurate than the Designer Evil Queen doll (September 2011), who was ''re-imagined'' as a fashion doll.
2012-2013 Disney Princess Classic Doll Collection Evil Queen 12'' Doll
US Disney Store
$14.50, or 2 for $20
Released in stores December 30, 2012
Purchased in store January 3, 2013
Not yet available online
I went to my local DS on Thursday January 3, 2013 and snagged two of the brand new Classic Villain 12'' Dolls, the Evil Queen and Maleficent. They were just released in some stores this past weekend, and are not yet available online. My store did not have the new Jafar yet, but will get him very soon. I also got Mother Gothel, who is in the new ''Posable Arms and Legs'' package so presumably has the new knee and ankle joints that the 2012 Classic Princess dolls have (first introduced with Classic Merida). The new Evil Queen and Maleficent dolls also have the new leg joints. They were all part of the 2 for $20 Disney Princess Classic Doll sale, even though they are brand new releases. I will post photos of all of them boxed, during their deboxing, and fully deboxed, both alone and with other comparable dolls.