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Camels take a break beachside in Dwarka, soaking in the sun where the river Gomati meets with the Arabian sea on India's west coast.
They’re in demand for short rides beachside with pilgrims visiting the historic Dwarkadish temple and its environs, and nearby places associated with the Mahabharata.
Somewhere near lies the Dwarka of Lord Krishna, underwater.
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Macro-Mondays-High Key
Bought this little statue from the Herb Store in Albuquerque, NM. It stands at 1 1/2" tall.
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THIS IS NOT THE TREE MENTIONED IN THE TALE OF LORD KRISHNA & THE GOPIS.
This flower is often mistaken for Mitragyna parviflora, a tree (sometimes also mistakenly called kadamba) associated with the Indian village of Brindavan and legends of the Hindu deity Krishna. A well-known tale involves Krishna stealing the clothes of the Gopis, cow-herd girls and devotees of Krishna, then climbing up the nearest kadamba tree and making the girls retrieve their garments. Mitragyna parviflora is native to the hot, dry forests of the Brindavan area while Neolamarckia cadamba prefers moist forests and it would not survive under those conditions.
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This was known previously as;
Nauclea cadamba
Anthocephalus cadamba
Anthocephalus indicus
Anthocephalus. indicus var. glabrescens
Sarcocephalus cadamba
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(1) A 2-days old semi-wilted flower
(2) A 4-days old wilted flower after deliberate removal of few of the wilted bristles from the spherical core of the flower.
(3) A 5-days old wilted flower after deliberate removal of all the wilted bristles from the spherical core of the flower.
Neolamarckia cadamba
Family Rubiaceae
Roadside Tree, South-West Ranches, Florida, USA.
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Please see one of my other images selected as the
'Botany Photo Of The Day' @ Univ. Of British Columbia, Canada.
www.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/potd/2011/06/neolamarckia-cada...
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For any possible confusion about the proper nomenclature of this plant, please check the following references;
Flowers Of India
www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Kadam.html
Kew Gardens, England
www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-133819
Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neolamarckia_cadamba
USDA
plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=NECA7
ARS-GRIN
www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?410705
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Beautiful Metal Sculpture of Lord Krishna displayed at Karnataka Chitrakala Parishad by Krishna Naik
The term Bahurupi is came from the Sanskrit, Bahu means 'many' and Rupa means 'form'. Bahurupis in West Bengal, India, are a group of folk performers who do act and shown different characters. This is the form of Lord Krishna.
For details: www.indianetzone.com/28/bahurupi_indian_artist_s_group.htm
The festival of colors
Holi is a religious spring festival celebrated by Hindus as a festival of colours.
It is primarily observed in India and Nepal. It is also observed by the minority Hindus in Bangladesh and Pakistan as well in countries with large Indic diaspora populations following Hinduism, such as Suriname, Malaysia, Guyana, South Africa, Trinidad and Tobago, the United Kingdom, the United States, Mauritius, and Fiji.
Holi is also known as Phagwah (Assamese), Festival of Colours, or Doḷajātra (Oriya) in Odisha, and as Dol Jatra (Bengali) or Basantotsav ("spring festival") (Bengali) in West Bengal and Assam.
Holi is of particular significance in the Braj region, which includes locations traditionally connected to the Lord Krishna: Mathura, Vrindavan, Nandagaon, and Barsana, which become tourist destinations during the season of Holi.
As per the Hindu calendar, Holi is celebrated on the Phalgun Purnima which comes in February or March in the Gregorian Calendar.
Significance
The word Holi originated from "Holika", sister of Hiranyakashipu. The festival of Holi is celebrated because of a story in the old Hindu religion. In Vaishnavism, Hiranyakashipu is the great king of demons, and he had been granted a boon by Brahma, which made it almost impossible for him to be killed. The boon was due to his long penance, after which he had demanded that he not be killed "during day or night; inside the home or outside, not on earth or in the sky; neither by a man nor an animal; neither by astra nor by shastra". Consequently, he grew arrogant and attacked the Heavens and the Earth. He demanded that people stop worshipping gods and start praising respectfully to him.
According to this belief, Hiranyakashipu's own son, Prahlada, was a devotee of Vishnu. In spite of several threats from Hiranyakashipu, Prahlada continued offering prayers to Vishnu. He was poisoned by Hiranyakashipu, but the poison turned to nectar in his mouth. He was ordered to be trampled by elephants yet remained unharmed. He was put in a room with hungry, poisonous snakes and survived. All of Hiranyakashipu's attempts to kill his son failed. Finally, he ordered young Prahlada to sit on a pyre in the lap of Holika, Hiranyakashipu's demoness sister, who also could not die because she had a boon preventing her from being burned by fire. Prahlada readily accepted his father's orders, and prayed to Lord Vishnu to keep him safe. When the fire started, everyone watched in amazement as Holika burnt to death, while Prahlada survived unharmed. The salvation of Prahlada and burning of Holika is celebrated as Holi.
In Mathura, where Krishna grew up, the festival is celebrated for 16 days (until Rangpanchmi) in commemoration of the divine love of Radha for Krishna. The festivities officially usher in spring, the celebrated season of love.
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Himavad Gopalaswamy Betta, is a hill located in the Chamarajanagar district of the state of Karnataka,at a height of 1450m India and is extensively wooded. It is also the highest peak in the Bandipur National Park.It lies in the core area of the Bandipur National Park and is frequented by wild life including elephants. Dense fog predominates and covers the hills round the year and thus gets the prefix Himavad(in the native language of Kannada) and the temple of Venugopalaswamy (Lord Krishna) gives the full name of Himavad Gopalaswamy Betta
Just as every rain drop that falls from the sky flows into the ocean, prayer offered to any deity goes to Lord Keshava (Lord Krishna)
If you ever had doubts over the famous quote of Marx - then come to Vrindavan's Bakebihari temple on holi... you will get to see theory in practice. How people lung for the garlands thrown by the priests ... as every petal coming from the feet of Lord Krishna is considered divine ... Seeing such devotion surely made me question mine.
The festival of colors
Holi is a religious spring festival celebrated by Hindus as a festival of colours.
It is primarily observed in India and Nepal. It is also observed by the minority Hindus in Bangladesh and Pakistan as well in countries with large Indic diaspora populations following Hinduism, such as Suriname, Malaysia, Guyana, South Africa, Trinidad and Tobago, the United Kingdom, the United States, Mauritius, and Fiji.
Holi is also known as Phagwah (Assamese), Festival of Colours, or Doḷajātra (Oriya) in Odisha, and as Dol Jatra (Bengali) or Basantotsav ("spring festival") (Bengali) in West Bengal and Assam.
Holi is of particular significance in the Braj region, which includes locations traditionally connected to the Lord Krishna: Mathura, Vrindavan, Nandagaon, and Barsana, which become tourist destinations during the season of Holi.
As per the Hindu calendar, Holi is celebrated on the Phalgun Purnima which comes in February or March in the Gregorian Calendar.
Significance
The word Holi originated from "Holika", sister of Hiranyakashipu. The festival of Holi is celebrated because of a story in the old Hindu religion. In Vaishnavism, Hiranyakashipu is the great king of demons, and he had been granted a boon by Brahma, which made it almost impossible for him to be killed. The boon was due to his long penance, after which he had demanded that he not be killed "during day or night; inside the home or outside, not on earth or in the sky; neither by a man nor an animal; neither by astra nor by shastra". Consequently, he grew arrogant and attacked the Heavens and the Earth. He demanded that people stop worshipping gods and start praising respectfully to him.
According to this belief, Hiranyakashipu's own son, Prahlada, was a devotee of Vishnu. In spite of several threats from Hiranyakashipu, Prahlada continued offering prayers to Vishnu. He was poisoned by Hiranyakashipu, but the poison turned to nectar in his mouth. He was ordered to be trampled by elephants yet remained unharmed. He was put in a room with hungry, poisonous snakes and survived. All of Hiranyakashipu's attempts to kill his son failed. Finally, he ordered young Prahlada to sit on a pyre in the lap of Holika, Hiranyakashipu's demoness sister, who also could not die because she had a boon preventing her from being burned by fire. Prahlada readily accepted his father's orders, and prayed to Lord Vishnu to keep him safe. When the fire started, everyone watched in amazement as Holika burnt to death, while Prahlada survived unharmed. The salvation of Prahlada and burning of Holika is celebrated as Holi.
In Mathura, where Krishna grew up, the festival is celebrated for 16 days (until Rangpanchmi) in commemoration of the divine love of Radha for Krishna. The festivities officially usher in spring, the celebrated season of love.
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Lord Krishna est un immense guerrier mais c'est aussi un grand séducteur.
Il charme les gopis, les femmes et les filles de bouviers(gardiens de vaches)
Les soirs de pleine lune,il joue de la flute si divinement que les Gopis accourrent et tombent immédiatement amoureuse de lui. En dansant, elles forment un cercle, symbolisant l'union du ciel et de la terre.L'amour de Krishna pour les gopis est une métaphore de l'amour du dieu pour les hommes.
Lord Krishna is an immense warrior but it is also a big seducer.
He charms gopis, women and girls of cattlemen(sheep dogs) (guards of cows)
In the evenings of full moon, he plays of reedy so divinely as Gopis accourrent and immediately falls in love with him. By dancing, they form a circle, symbolizing the union of the sky and the earth(ground). Love of Krishna for gopis is a metaphor of love of the god for the men(people).
The festival of colors
Holi is a religious spring festival celebrated by Hindus as a festival of colours.
It is primarily observed in India and Nepal. It is also observed by the minority Hindus in Bangladesh and Pakistan as well in countries with large Indic diaspora populations following Hinduism, such as Suriname, Malaysia, Guyana, South Africa, Trinidad and Tobago, the United Kingdom, the United States, Mauritius, and Fiji.
Holi is also known as Phagwah (Assamese), Festival of Colours, or Doḷajātra (Oriya) in Odisha, and as Dol Jatra (Bengali) or Basantotsav ("spring festival") (Bengali) in West Bengal and Assam.
Holi is of particular significance in the Braj region, which includes locations traditionally connected to the Lord Krishna: Mathura, Vrindavan, Nandagaon, and Barsana, which become tourist destinations during the season of Holi.
As per the Hindu calendar, Holi is celebrated on the Phalgun Purnima which comes in February or March in the Gregorian Calendar.
Significance
The word Holi originated from "Holika", sister of Hiranyakashipu. The festival of Holi is celebrated because of a story in the old Hindu religion. In Vaishnavism, Hiranyakashipu is the great king of demons, and he had been granted a boon by Brahma, which made it almost impossible for him to be killed. The boon was due to his long penance, after which he had demanded that he not be killed "during day or night; inside the home or outside, not on earth or in the sky; neither by a man nor an animal; neither by astra nor by shastra". Consequently, he grew arrogant and attacked the Heavens and the Earth. He demanded that people stop worshipping gods and start praising respectfully to him.
According to this belief, Hiranyakashipu's own son, Prahlada, was a devotee of Vishnu. In spite of several threats from Hiranyakashipu, Prahlada continued offering prayers to Vishnu. He was poisoned by Hiranyakashipu, but the poison turned to nectar in his mouth. He was ordered to be trampled by elephants yet remained unharmed. He was put in a room with hungry, poisonous snakes and survived. All of Hiranyakashipu's attempts to kill his son failed. Finally, he ordered young Prahlada to sit on a pyre in the lap of Holika, Hiranyakashipu's demoness sister, who also could not die because she had a boon preventing her from being burned by fire. Prahlada readily accepted his father's orders, and prayed to Lord Vishnu to keep him safe. When the fire started, everyone watched in amazement as Holika burnt to death, while Prahlada survived unharmed. The salvation of Prahlada and burning of Holika is celebrated as Holi.
In Mathura, where Krishna grew up, the festival is celebrated for 16 days (until Rangpanchmi) in commemoration of the divine love of Radha for Krishna. The festivities officially usher in spring, the celebrated season of love.
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