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This was my first-ever contribution to the "In Numerical Order" group on flickr. I had recently discovered the group but had not really started collecting number photos myself. I had tried a couple of times to take a photo of a number and come back and upload it later, but each time the group had already moved beyond. I generally kept track of where the group was, though, when I logged into flickr. This number caught my eye while I was on a business trip, out to dinner with clients, and I was nearly bursting with anticipation by the time I could get back to my hotel and see if the slot was still available. It was!
Tenuous Link: crown
The number 25 used to be my route home from work. Not sure it was ever improved from the verison shown by this model.
Et s'il me fallait encore m'amarrer quelque part, à quelque chose, à quelqu'un...
Une nuit, sur le port de Calais, ne sachant plus à quoi m'accrocher...
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Number one cake for a little princess' first birthday
Vanilla buttercake with buttercream & sugarpaste.
Berlin, 2004.
Its great how many of he apartment numbers light up like this one -- great for taxi drivers tracking down elusive street addresses.
Number 74, an Ireson Honda entered by Graham Hodgson and Tim Johnson, seen competing at Knockhill Racing Circuit, Fife, at the KMSC Bikes event in the Scottish Championship Sidecars category, April 2024.
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Train number 90 would be of interest to train historians. hopefully I will see the old train with the number plate reunited some day.Plate was made in Inchicore works and presented to Downpatrick on 22nd August 09
From the artE de pORtas abErtas / The arT of oPEn doORs project to rejuvenate the Old Town District / Zona Velha of Funchal. More information is at www.arteportasabertas.com/en/-info.html
This is the numbered strips for my quilt, which I made from my very first Spoonflower print. Find out more on my
My friend Anna found this number on her Unoa Lite, so I checked over mine and I found number 5 over the boy and number 28 over the girl. Is this a serial number, a production check number or anything else?
Local Accession Number: 06_11_001207
Title: Twin cottage
Statement of responsibility: S. F. Adams, photographer
Creator/Contributor: Adams, S. F., 1844- (photographer)
Genre: Stereographs; Photographic prints
Date issued: 1850-1920 (approximate)
Physical description: 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph ; 9 x 18 cm.
General notes: Title from handwritten text on verso.
Date notes: Date supplied by cataloger.
Subjects: Dwellings
Collection: Stereographs
Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department
Shelf locator: Unidentified ind cottages
Rights: No known copyright restrictions.
Number Five
Seen in the back streets of Lisboa close to the Castelo de São Jorge.
2022 All images and use thereof are copyright of Daryl Hutchinson. Reproduction of them is forbidden without prior permission
The National Coal Board's number 10 at their Waterside railway system, linking collieries in the Doon Valley of Ayrshire was built by Andrew Barclay & Co. Ltd. of Kilmarnock in 1947 and served at Waterside till the end of steam haulage there in 1978. Now in 2008 she is still there and now provides public train rides on summer Sundays.
For Professionals.
5/5
Crappier twine than my test run with this book, though crap is always relevant.
Some layout reworking. Much nicer as a whole. $2
Reid is my 11th doll to come home since I started in the hobby. Coincidentally, he arrived on the eleventh of May. :)
Lumbinī (Nepali and Sanskrit: लुम्बिनी, "the lovely") is a Buddhist pilgrimage site in the Rupandehi District of Nepal. It is the place where, according to Buddhist tradition, Queen Mayadevi gave birth to Siddhartha Gautama in 623 BCE. Gautama, who achieved Enlightenment some time around 588 BCE, became the Gautama Buddha and founded Buddhism. Lumbini is one of many magnets for pilgrimage that sprang up in places pivotal to the life of Gautama Buddha; other notable pilgrimage sites include Kushinagar, Bodh Gaya and Sarnath.
Lumbini has a number of temples, including the Mayadevi Temple and several others which are still under construction. Many monuments, monasteries and a museum — the Lumbini International Research Institute — are also located within the holy site. Also located there is the Puskarini or Holy Pond where the Buddha's mother took the ritual dip prior to his birth and where he, too, had his first bath. At other sites near Lumbini, earlier Buddhas were, according to tradition, born, achieved ultimate Enlightenment and finally relinquished their earthly forms.
Lumbini was granted World Heritage status by UNESCO in 1997.
IN BUDDHA´S TIME
In the Buddha's time, Lumbini was situated between Kapilavastu and Devadaha (both in Nepal). It was there, that the Buddha was born. A pillar now marks the spot of Ashoka's visit to Lumbiní. According to an inscription on the pillar, it was placed there by the people then in charge of the park to commemorate Ashoka's visit and gifts. The park was previously known as Rummindei, 3.2 km north of Bhagavanpura.
In the Sutta Nipáta (vs. 683) it is stated that the Buddha was born in a village of the Sákyans in the Lumbineyya Janapada. The Buddha stayed in Lumbinívana during his visit to Devadaha and there preached the Devadaha Sutta.
REDISCOVERY
In 1896, Nepalese archaeologists (led by Khadga Samsher Rana and assisted by Alois Anton Führer) discovered a great stone pillar at Lumbini. Führer postulated that the pillar was placed at the site by Ashoka (emperor of the Maurya Empire) circa 245 BCE. Records made by the Chinese pilgrim Faxian in the early fifth century CE were also used in the process of identifying this religiously acclaimed site.
Recent excavations beneath existing brick structures at the Mayadevi Temple at Lumbini have uncovered evidence for an older timber structure beneath the walls of the newer brick Buddhist shrine, which was constructed during the Ashokan era. The layout of the Ashokan shrine closely follows that of the earlier timber structure, which suggests a continuity of worship at the site. The pre-Mauryan timber structure appears to be an ancient bodhigara (tree shrine), consisting of postholes and a wooden railing surrounding a clay floor containing mineralized tree roots that appears to have been worn smooth by visitors. Radiocarbon dating of charcoal from the wooden postholes and optically stimulated luminescence dating of elements in the soil suggests human activity (possibly pre-Buddhist tree worship) began at the site around 1000 BCE, followed by the development of a Buddhist monastery-like community by approximately 550 BCE.
PRESENT-DAY
The present-day Lumbini historic site is 4.8 km in length and 1.6 km in width. The holy site of Lumbini is bordered by a large monastic zone in which only monasteries can be built, no shops, hotels or restaurants. It is separated into an eastern and western monastic zone, the eastern having the Theravadin monasteries, the western having Mahayana and Vajrayana monasteries.
The holy site of Lumbini has ruins of ancient monasteries, a sacred Bodhi tree, an ancient bathing pond, the Ashokan pillar and the Mayadevi Temple, where the supposed place of birth of Buddha is located. From early morning to early evening, pilgrims from various countries perform chanting and meditation at the site.
A non-governmental organization named Samriddhi Foundation started in 2013 working extensively in the field of education and health specially in government schools of the area where underprivileged children study. A non-governmental organisation called "Asia Pacific Exchange and Cooperation Foundation" (APECF) backed by chairman of the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) and then Prime Minister Prachanda, the Chinese government and a UN group called "United Nations Industrial Development Organization" (UNIDO) signed a deal to develop Lumbini into a "special development zone" with funds worth $3 billion. The venture was a China-UN joint project. A broader 'Lumbini Development National Director Committee' under the leadership of Pushpa Kamal Dahal was formed on 17 October 2011. The six-member committee included Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) leader Mangal Siddhi Manandhar, Nepali Congress leader Minendra Rijal, Forest Minister Mohammad Wakil Musalman, among other leaders. The committee was given the authority to "draft a master plan to develop Lumbini as a peaceful and tourism area and table the proposal" and the responsibility to gather international support for the same.
Nipponzan Myohoji decided to build a Peace Pagoda in the park in 2001, which is visited by many different cultures and religions every day.
Hindus regard the Buddha as an incarnation of Vishnu and thousands of Hindu pilgrims go there on the full moon of the Nepali month of Baisakh (April–May) to worship Queen Mayadevi as Rupa Devi, the mother goddess of Lumbini.
Lumbini was granted World Heritage status by UNESCO in 1997.
ON THE NEPALI RUPEE
Nepal's central bank has introduced a 100-rupee Nepali note featuring Lumbini, the birthplace of Buddha. The Nepal Rastra Bank said the new note would be accessible only during the Dashain, Nepal's major festival in October 2013. It displays the portrait of Mayadevi, Gautam Buddha's mother in silver metallic on the front. The note also has a black dot which would help the blind recognise the note. The name of the central bank in Latin script would be printed on the note along with the date of printing in both the Christian Era and the Bikram Era. The new note is being issued following a cabinet decision 27 August.
TRANSPORT
Lumbini is a 9-hour drive from Kathmandu and a 30-minute drive from Bhairahawa. The closest airport is Gautam Buddha Airport at Bhairahawa, with flights to and from Kathmandu.
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