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Black Crested Bulbul ( Pycnonotus melanicterus) is a common resident of Thailand. Subspecies P.c. johnsoni has a red patch in the neck and could be found in South and Southeast of Thailand. Captured at Asia Pacific International University premises, Muaklek, Thailand
Evening view of the ruins of Castlelough Castle, Lough Leane and some hills of Killarney National Park in the background. Seen from the premises of The Lake Hotel Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland.
Camera: Canon PowerShot G3.
Edited with GIMP.
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Igreja dos Grilos is a church and convent in Porto, Portugal.
Built by the Jesuits in 1577 Mannerist Baroque-style, funded by donations from the faithful, as well as Frei Luís Álvaro de Távora, who is buried there, the Church and Convent of São Lourenço were built enduring strong opposition from both the Municipal Chamber and the population. However, the followers of St. Ignatius of Loyola finally got the much coveted school which provided free classes - this quickly resulted in a remarkable success.
With the expulsion of the Jesuits in 1759, by order of the Marquis of Pombal, the church was donated to the University of Coimbra until its purchase by the Discalced Friars of the Order of Saint Augustine that were there from 1780 to 1832. These friars came from Spain in 1663, settling initially in Lisbon, at the "site of Cricket" (lugar do Grilo), where they quickly gained the sympathy of the village, earning the name "brothers-crickets" (irmãos-grilos) and thus the name of the church where they fixed residence in Porto.
During the Siege of Porto, the brothers were forced to leave the convent, which later was occupied by the liberal troops of Dom Pedro. The Academic Battalion, integrating Almeida Garrett, settled there.
Today the premises belong to the Seminário Maior do Porto, to which they have belonged since 1834.
(Wikipedea)
Grade ll listed corner banking premises circa 1880. Two tall storeys, painted stone and terracotta. Eclectic design combining Gothic with Renaissance and Dutch gable motifs. Tall corner oriel surmounted by octagonal cupola with scrolled consoles. Dutch gables, ogee capped finials. Banking hall windows, in grooved ground floor, have massive keystones. End bays of each front have 2 storeys contained in main ground floor with boldly carved acanthus leaf decoration to aprons of upper windows. Steep slate roofs, ribbed chimney stacks (historicengland.org.uk)
Amsterdam - Lindengracht.
Around 1800 a system of house numbering was introduced in Amsterdam. Until then the location of a building was described by referring to the stone tablet in the facade: people lived in ‘The Black Sheep’, in ‘In Love Blooming’, in ‘The Milkmaid’, or in the house next to it or opposite it.
Stone tablets in a facade functioned as signs for the trade practiced on the premises. They were often an allusion to the name of the builder or owner of the house, or to his place of origin. These stone tablets give information about the culture, economics, politics or religious life of the time.
In recent years, making stone tablets has come to life again as a form of applied sculpture (gevelstenenvanamsterdam.nl)
No, it's not the UK, but right here in NEOhio. We hadn't bicycled Mill Creek Park (Boardman, Ohio) in many years, and I was happy to find the old mill still looking good. This local treasure was built in 1845 and restored to its working condition in 1982. It operates today as it did in the 1800s, grinding corn, wheat, and buckwheat. The products are made and sold on premises.
[ Private premises of Lord Aberconwy ]
Bodnant Garden is a National Trust property near Tal-y-Cafn, Conwy, Wales, overlooking the Conwy Valley towards the Carneddau mountains. Founded in 1874 and developed by five generations of one family, it was given to the National Trust in 1949.
From the listed building entry:
College building. 1886 by Sir Arthur Blomfield. Ground floor extension 1965-6. Red brick with stone dressings. Tudor Gothic style. Irregular storeys and fenestration. Built as a social centre and library for the clergy of London.
historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/107910...
From Wikipedia:
The original College was badly damaged in the Great Fire of London. In 1886 Sion College was moved to new buildings at 56 Victoria Embankment, between Carmelite Street and John Carpenter Street. It became principally known for its theological library which served as a lending library to members of the college, and was accessible to the public.
In 1996, the college disposed of its large Victorian premises on the banks of the River Thames. The building has been converted into offices. The library was closed June 1996, with the manuscripts, pamphlets, and pre-1850 printed books going to Lambeth Palace Library, and newer books to The Maughan Library, King's College London. Its activities now take place in a variety of locations.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sion_College
About the statue:
Taxi! is the title of J. Seward Johnson Jr's unusual bronze statue, which freeze-frames a city worker, presumably homeward bound after a day at the office. Taxi! was in fact sculpted in 1983, originally standing on Park Avenue and 47th Street in New York.
Like many of Johnson's sculptures, this one was originally painted all over, making him eerily realistic — and likely spooking a number of New York cabbies. In fact, in his New York Times obituary, it's claimed that firefighters tried to 'rescue' another of Johnson's statues following the 9/11 attacks, believing it to be a real man.
londonist.com/london/history/taxi-statue-victoria-embankm...
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1953 Allard P2 Safari Estate at Sywell Aerodrome for the Silverstone Auction on 20th May.
This sold for £54,000.Only 13 examples of this model built.
Allard Motor Company Limited was a London-based low-volume car manufacturer founded in 1945 by Sydney Allard in small premises in Clapham, south-west London. Car manufacture almost ceased within a decade. It produced approximately 1900 cars before it became insolvent and ceased trading in 1958.
The windows at apartment block "Bulolo" in McLachlan Street, Fortitude Valley stand wide open for some winter westerlies. Happy Window Wednesday.
Here is the link to the original shot of the whole premises
flic.kr/p/2ntbLfK
Les grandes marées de cet hiver ont arrachées beaucoup de sable sur la plage des blockhaus du Cap ferret. Ces géants de pierre, de fer et de béton jaillissent des profondeurs dunaires pour affronter de nouveau les éléments marins, faisant rejaillir de nos mémoires, ces souvenirs de guerres et de resistances sur le Mur de l' Atlantique, prémisses de notre Liberté contemporaine...
The high tides of this winter have torn up a lot of sand on the beach of the blockhouses of Cap Ferret. These giants of stone, iron and concrete spring from the dune depths to confront the marine elements again, bringing back from our memories these memories of wars and resistance on the Atlantic Wall, premises of our contemporary Liberty...
at the International Buddhist Society in Richmond BC. The premises was closed on that day (due to Covid until further notice), so unable to enter and take photos inside.
Sunder Nursery, formerly called Azim Bagh or Bagh-e-Azeem, is a 16th-century heritage park complex adjacent to the Humayun's Tomb, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Delhi.
Originally known as Azim Bagh and built by the Mughals in the 16th century, it lies on the Mughal-era Grand Trunk Road, and is spread over 90 acres.
Today Sunder Nursery contains fifteen heritage monuments of which 6 are UNESCO World Heritage sites, including Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), protected Sundarwala Burj, Sundarwala Mahal, and Lakkarwala Burj.
During the British rule, the nursery was established to grow experimental plants, which gave it its current designation as a nursery. The "Sunder" part of the name comes from the Sunder Burj tomb located on the same premises. Although the name Sunder Nursery has still held, the park has been quoted to be a 'Delhi's Central Park' after renovations (though not to be confused with the central park in Connaught Place, New Delhi).
From the Grands Montets premises to l'arête des Grands Montets, les Drus and l'arête des Flames de pierres in Chamonix-MontBlanc
These two former ATSF F7A-turned-CF7s are not long for this world. A couple of old-but-new to the YRC Geeps are already on premises. How much longer these two yellow 4 axles have left on the York Rail remains to be seen but they were out working hard in early August.
WWRFP 12/8/16
First of all, I didn't want to pause here. However, my previous workstation hardware forced me to do so. This photo is now my first rendering with the new machine.
I like these light rail arches very luckily there are around 731 of them in Berlin;) They are there for a wide variety of purposes. Among other things, they were used as warehouses and business premises, later even discos and bars. They are also used as underpasses.
Apartments or studios were not built because the rumbling of the trains is not to be endured here. (ツ) By the way, here we see arcs 045 to 055!
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Yard Gates.
One foot on the door handle, the other with your toe's just in the letterbox and you are in !.
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Augustus Gloop would have loved this. Remember him falling into the chocolate river and being escorted off the premises in ignominy by a team of Oompa Loompas? Well at least he would have loved it here if he were a real person rather than a fictional visitor to Willy Wonka’s magical emporium somewhere on the other side of Roald Dahl’s imagination. In fact so would a lot of people. I’d have been in there myself, filling my wellies with the stuff and taking it home for elevenses. There’d be no chance of getting a shot at all - at least not one that wasn’t filled with gourmands groaning over their excessive compulsions, lying on their backs with their feet waving in the air, distended bellies shifting uncomfortably. Probably a good job it’s not chocolate then - just a mixture of freezing water and sand, flowing across the beach at low tide in bumps and ridges that catch the eye and the imagination in bucketfuls. And instead of filling my boots with chocolate, I was crouching here in them, surrounded by the racing water, with plenty more of it falling from the heavens. But I like a challenge, and besides which, I was in good company today. And I’d fortified myself with a flaky steak pasty from my local Cornish Oven. They didn’t have chocolate flavour that day.
Instead of young Master Gloop, Charlie Bucket and co, I was here with Lloyd on his first togging adventure at Holywell Bay. And to add some further wisdom to the proceedings, we were joined by a certain Mr Pedlar. You know him don’t you? A man who embodies the purity of the Cornish spirit - although to my knowledge he hadn’t brought any Spingo along with him (you’ll have to look that up if you’re none the wiser - just hold onto your hats and your breeches if you give it a try). It was one of those days where you just have to embrace what the elements are throwing at you, grin cheerfully and put your shoulder to the wind. And wear waterproofs of course - lots of them. By now I was clad from head to foot in things to keep me dry, planting my tripod in the ever shifting riverbed on the sand. Even the flow of the water changes with every moment on afternoons like this here. Sometimes it’s flat and benign, spreading artfully across this wonderful canvas in gentle ripples, and then suddenly a series of ridges rise up like a serpent breaking the surface, moving along its course in one direction or the other and beguiling the senses.
I’d decided to have another try with the crop body and the recently acquired budget lens - a combination that had mysteriously broken down on its first ever outing when I was last here and an error code appeared on the screen and refused to go away. Since then it had somehow cured itself, and the screen gave me no further cause for complaint - I was keen to persist, as unlike the display on my full frame camera, this one flips out and does the hula, allowing me to see what it is I’m taking a picture of without kneeling down in five inches of icy water and craning my neck over to one side. Throw on your choice of filter, tap the screen where you want to focus, wait two seconds and then let nature take care of the rest. Oh yes, and the editing suite. And while that wide angle lens doesn’t quite deliver the sharpness of the one I mount on the other camera, it’s good enough. Good enough to allow me to see a pinnacle on the rocks that I’d never spotted before. I don’t visit this location quite as often as I might, but I’m here often enough, and always finding something new. Add to this the fact that the river seems to plot a different course across the sand at low tide with every visit, and it’s never dull.
Once I’d sifted through the images and lost the ones where the rain spots rendered them unusable, I was still left with enough material to deliver a record of the chocolate river. And with a suitable gap created by white clouds that separated Carter’s Rocks from the rest of the scene, it was just a case of picking the one with the most interesting textures in the foreground. One that featured the serpent.
I fancy some chocolate now. Nothing too ostentatious, just a few thousand gallons of it pouring past me so I can dip in a flagon now and again and do a bit of Glooping of my own. Without overdoing it of course. Wouldn’t want to come to a sticky end like Augustus did. Pun probably intended…………
Allard Motor Company Limited was a London-based low-volume car manufacturer founded in 1945 by Sydney Allard in small premises in Clapham, south-west London. Car manufacture almost ceased within a decade. It produced approximately 1900 cars before it became insolvent and ceased trading in 1958. Before the war, Allard supplied some replicas of a Bugatti-tailed special of his own design from Adlards Motors in Putney.
Allards featured large American V8 engines in a light British chassis and body, giving a high power-to-weight ratio and foreshadowing the Sunbeam Tiger and AC Cobra of the early 1960s. Cobra designer Carroll Shelby and Chevrolet Corvette chief engineer Zora Arkus-Duntov both drove Allards in the early 1950s.
Using its inventory of easy-to-service Ford mechanicals built up during World War II and bodywork of Allard's own design, three post-war models were introduced with a newly designed steel chassis and lightweight body shells: the J, a competition sports car; the K, a slightly larger car intended for road use, and the four seater L. All three were based on the Ford Pilot chassis and powered by a fairly stock 85 hp (63 kW; 86 PS) 3,622 cc (221.0 cu in) side valve V8 with a single carburetor and 6:1 compression, driving a three-speed transmission and low-geared rear-end, for superior acceleration.[4] Front suspension was Ballamy swing axle, rear Ford solid axle.[4] They were bodied in aluminum by Allard's friend Godfrey Imhof. Sales were fairly brisk for a low-volume car, and demand was high for cars in general, which led to the introduction of several larger models, the drophead coupe M and P.
Allard used "J" for the short-wheelbase two-seaters, "K" for two- or three-seat tourers or roadsters, "L" for four-seat tourers, "M" for drophead (convertible) coupes, and "P" for fixed-head cars. As models were replaced, subsequent models were numbered sequentially
Sydney Allard soon saw the potential of the economically more vibrant – but sports car starved – U.S. market and developed a special competition model to tap it, the J2. The new roadster, weighing just 18.5 cwt,[5] was a potent combination of a lightweight, hand-formed aluminium body fitted with new coil spring[4] front suspension, fitted with inclined telescopic dampers,[6][7] and de Dion-type rear axle,[3] inboard rear brakes, and 110 hp (82 kW), 267 cu in (4,375 cc) Mercury flathead V8, with the option of an Ardun hemi conversion.[4] The J2 had a disturbing tendency to catch fire when started.[5]
Importing American engines just to ship them back across the Atlantic proved problematic, so U.S.-bound Allards were soon shipped engineless and fitted out in the States variously with newer overhead valve engines by Cadillac, Chrysler, Buick, and Oldsmobile. In that form, the J2 proved a highly competitive international race car for 1950, most frequently powered by 331 cu in (5.4 L) Cadillac engines. Domestic versions for England came equipped with Ford or Mercury flatheads. Zora Duntov worked for Allard from 1950 to 1952 and raced for the factory Allard team at Le Mans in 1952 and 1953.
Available both in street trim and stripped down for racing, the J2 proved successful in competition on both sides of the Atlantic, including a third place overall at Le Mans in 1950 (co-driven by Tom Cole and Allard himself at an average 87.74 mph (141.20 km/h), powered by a Cadillac V8.
J2s returned to Le Mans in 1951, one co-driven again by Cole and Allard, the other by Reece and Hitchings; Reece jumped an embankment, while the Allard car broke. They had no more success in 1952, both cars failing to finish.
Of 313 documented starts in major races in the 9 years between 1949 and 1957, J2s compiled 40 first-place finishes; 32 seconds; 30 thirds; 25 fourths; and 10 fifth-place finishes.[10] Both Zora Duntov and Carroll Shelby raced J2s in the early 1950s. Ninety J2s were produced between 1950 and 1952.
The K2 (the car seen in the photos above) is a 2-seater sports car produced from 1950 to 1952. It was offered with Ford and Mercury V8s in the home market and with Chrysler and Cadillac V8s in the USA. 119 were built.
Source: Wiki
Primarily, the ambulance was a horse-drawn one. Having changed several locations, the service was finally housed in its own premises at 22 Reitarska Street.
The symbol of the "ambulance" has changed several times during its existence unless it took a familiar to us shape of a "snowflake". The six points of which symbolize revealing, informing, appropriate response, on-site assistance, assistance during transportation and transporting to the tertiary center.
In 1881 in Kyiv they founded "A skill group of night watch" – it was 24 hour service of primary health care.
At first the carriages were horse-drawn, automobiles appeared only in 1913. (Besides, that is the year when they adopted the rule according to which other carriages would let the "ambulance" pass first".)
Негайна допомога
Ця скульптура присвячена першій службі київської негайної допомоги, яка відкрилась у місті в 1881 році. Спочатку екіпажі були кінними. Змінивши декілька адрес, служба нарешті розташувалась у власній будівлі на вулиці Рейтарській, 22. Символ «швидкої» змінювався декілька разів протягом її існування, поки нарешті не прийняв знайомий нам вигляд «сніжинки», шість кінців якої символізують виявлення, оповіщення, відповідну реакцію, допомогу на місці, допомогу під час транспортування та передачу в спеціалізований центр допомоги.
В 1881 році в Києві був заснований «Гурток нічних чергувань» – цілодобова служба невідкладної медичної допомоги. Спочатку екіпажі були кінними, автомобілі з'явились лише 1913 року. (Тоді ж, до речі, було прийняте правило, за яким інші екіпажі мусять давати дорогу «швидкій».)
Допомога надавалась безкоштовно, за рахунок доброчинних внесків. Перші дві карети купили відомий меценат А. Терещенко та міське товариство велосипедистів :) Лікарі не брали грошей за свої чергування. Тож не дивно, що серед газетних обʼяв з прізвищами чергового лікаря ми зустрічаємо Феофіла Гавриловича Яновського, якого містяни звали «святим доктором».
Цікаво, що на дверцятах карет київської «швидкої» зображалась шестикінечна зірка, яку кияни звали «сніжинкою». (Тоді цей символ ще ніяк не був пов'язаний з євреями, цей зв'язок з'явиться значно пізніше, під час Холокосту.) Згодом його замінив червоний хрест, а порівняно недавно — «зірка життя» (щоб не плутати з міжнародним Червоним хрестом, який також надає допомогу, але гуманітарну).
Спочатку служба невідкладної медичної допомоги розташувалась в будівлі міської думи на Хрещатику (яка стояла приблизно посередині між сучасним будинком Головпоштамту і Будинком Профспілок), потім переїхала на вулицю Пирогова, 6, а 19 травня 1913 року на вулиці Рейтарській, 22 відкрилася ажурна, схожа на венеціанське палаццо будівля Товариства швидкої допомоги, зведена за проектом архітекторів І. Зекцера і Д. Торова.
З тих часів багато чого змінилося. Але ми досі називаємо каретами сучасні автомобілі та реанімобілі з синьою «сніжинкою» на борту. І з повагою поступаємось їм дорогою.
When I first started work in London's Pall Mall at the age of 19 back in the mid-60s I was taken along to the nearest branch of Martins Bank - in the adjacent Waterloo Place - to open my very first bank account. They were a traditional and very helpful bank. Unfortunately, they were taken over by Barclays Bank a few years later. The less said about that, the better.
These old premises of Martins Bank are in the centre of the village of Dent in Dentdale in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Until the boundary changes of 1974 the village was part of the West Riding of Yorkshire.
Kids who live within the premises of Dhobi Ghat.
Context:
Washerman/women in local language are called 'Dhobi'.
From the 'tourist info poster' placed outside:
1. This a 125+ years old open air laundrymat in Mumbai.
2. There are rows of open-air concrete wash pens, each fitted with its own flogging stone. Its the world's largest outdoor laundry.
3. This place has an annual turnover of approx. 2 Million USD
4. It garnered a Guiness Book record entry under 'most people hand-washing cloths at a single location', at 2011.
I wanted to write a personal note, but found this article expressing it way better. Do read.
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Cycled up teh hill onThursday evening to be confronted with this amazing new illumination schele for teh Wills tower. I am fairly certain that this was the first night it had been lit. Either taht or i was too busy cycling up hill and missed it?
Looks very Gotham
When the premises of HB Co were demolished to make way for a Sainsburys Supermarket in Arnold, Nottingham, the marvellous ornamental stone name signage was retained. Few people pay any attention to it.
Opened in 2008, Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre (JCCAC) is the first factory-turned artist village and arts centre in Hong Kong. ...
Located in the former "Shek Kip Mei Factory Estate" built in 1977, JCCAC's premises was once a hub for many small family-run factories. At the turn of the millennium, however, the factory estate was gradually vacated due to the decline of light industries in Hong Kong. Thanks to the generous support by the Hong Kong Government through the Home Affairs Bureau and through a renovation sponsorship from The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust, the government-owned factory was subsequently converted into a multidisciplinary artist village and arts centre and reopened in 2008 as JCCAC... The conversion project was awarded the "Medal of the Year of Hong Kong" (2008) from the Hong Kong Institute of Architects. (www.jccac.org.hk/?a=group&id=b_1)
Photo shown is the L1 Gallery of JCCAC. I will exhibit my work in the group art exhibition held in May here. So a little bit busy and nervous now.(www.facebook.com/events/487946431742594/)
Szimpla Kert is a ruin bar or romkocsma, which means "Simple Garden" in Hungarian, located in the Jewish Quarter of the 7th district of Budapest, Hungary. It is considered the pioneer of ruin bars. The pub started as a place for people to find a cheap drink in a relaxed environment, but has grown to become a tourist attraction and community center. Movie showings, live music performances, an art gallery, the Kazinczy Living Library, the Szimpla Farmers' Market, and the Szimpla Bringa bicycle flea market are just a few of the community activities that are held at the bar.
Szimpla Kert is the first ruin pub to open in Budapest, Hungary. The Szimpla Kert originally opened in 2002 in a location a few blocks away from its current location. The idea behind the pub was to provide a relaxing environment to socialize and have a drink. In 2004, a dilapidated area located at 14 Kazinczy Street that used to be homes and a stove factory was set to be demolished. The four owners of the Szimpla Kert decided to save the area from demolition and move the pub to this location. The group of owners made this decision because the structure provided more space and the environment they were looking for. The new location opened as Szimpla Kertmozi (kertmozi translating to open-air cinema in Hungarian) because of the large courtyard on the premises that was used to watch underground and indie films.
Residents and businesses decorate their premises to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day, a fitting tribute to the market town's commemoration events.
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Camera: Sony SLT-A33, F/9, 2 s, ISO-100
Location: Frankfurt (Germany)
Description: Another photo of Frankfurt (Main) from 2014, which I have found on my hard drive and just worked on.
Here you can see the new Headquarter of the European Central Bank (ECB), which is seated at the East end of Frankfurt. The premises include the former Wholesale Market Hall (Großmarkthalle), a new 185/165 m twin-skyscraper and a new low-rise building to connect the two. Located east of the city centre it houses the new headquarters for the European Central Bank (ECB). It was completed in 2014 and was officially opened on March 18, 2015.
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Noch ein Foto aus Frankfurt am Main aus dem Jahre 2014, welches ich auf meiner Festplatte gefunden und bearbeitet habe.
Der Neubau der Europäischen Zentralbank im Ostend von Frankfurt am Main ist Sitz der Europäischen Zentralbank (EZB). Das Gebäudeensemble besteht aus drei Elementen: der ehemaligen Großmarkthalle aus dem Jahr 1928, einem 185 Meter hohen Nord- und einem 165 Meter hohen Südturm, die zusammen mit einer Antenne auf dem Nordturm eine Gesamthöhe von 201 Meter erreichen, sowie einem Eingangsbauwerk, das die Halle und die Türme verbindet.
This picture made it to Flickr Explore January 11, 2016 - #335 - thanks everyone!
Surviving Victorian structure, to me it looks like a stable with carriage storage and hay loft, subsequently/formerly business premises.
That telephone prefix of 01 for London on the signage was discontinued in May 1990.
LR3877 © Joe O'Malley 2020
Ravaged by fire on the evening of 12 November 2022, the Dundee retail premises known as Willison House were latterly the subject of a planning application for conversion to student flats.
The building, at the junction of Barrack Street and Willison Street, was erected around 1934 to the designs of architectural practice Findlay Stewart and Robbie, for the local house furnishing firm John L Robertson Ltd. The appearance of this arresting piece of Art Deco in one of the city's ancient thoroughfares probably raised a few eyebrows at the time.
Robertson's ceased trading in 2011 and the shop—by then looking a little the worse for wear—fell into abandonment.
Within days of the fire, demolition of the building's shell began.
The Mausoleum of Shah Rukn-i-Alam is the glory of Multan. When the city is approached from any side the most prominent thing which can be seen from miles all around is a huge dome. This dome is the Shrine of Sheikh Rukn-ud-Din Abul Fath commonly known by the title Rukn-i-Alam (pillar of the world). The tomb is located on the south-West side of the Fort premises. In beauty and grandeur so other dome perhaps equals it This elegant building is an octagon, 51 feet 9 inches in diameter internally, with walls 41 feet 4 inches high and 13 feet 3 inches thick, supported at the angles by sloping towers. Over this is a smaller octagon 25 feet 8 inches, on the exterior side, and 26 feet 1 0 inches high, leaving a narrow passage all round the top of the lower story for the Moazzan, or public caller to prayers. tomb of shah rukan alam
The whole is surmounted by hemispherical dome of 58 feet external diameter. The total height of the building, including a plinth of 3 feet, is 100 feet. As it stands on the high ground, the total height above the road level is 150 feet. This contributes materially to the majestic and colossal appearance of the tomb, making it the most prominent object of view to the visitors. Besides its religious importance, the mausoleum is also of considerable archaeological value as its dome is reputed to be the second largest in the world after 'Gol Gumbad' of Bijapur (India), which is the largest.
The mausoleum is built entirely of red brick, bounded with beams of Shisham wood, which have now turned black after so many centuries. The whole of the exterior is elaborately ornamented with glazed tile panels, string courses and battlements. Colors used are dark blue, azure, and white, but these are contrasted with the deep red of the finely polished bricks, while the result is both effective and pleasing. These mosaics are not like those of later day's plane surfaces, but the patterns are raised from half an inch to two inches above the background. This mode of construction must have been very difficult but its increased effect is undeniable, as it unites all the beauty and variety of colors with the light and shade of a raised pattern.
The grave of Hazrat Shah Rukn-i-Alam is of plain brick work covered with plaster. The tomb was said to have been built by Ghias-ud-Din Tughlak for himself, but was given up by his son Muhammad Tughlak in favor of Rukn-i-Aiam, when he passed away from this world during 1 330 AD at the age of 88. It is generally believed that Sh. Rukn-i-Alam was not. Equal in piety and sanctity to his illustrious grandfather Bahawal Haq, but there is no doubt that he was one of the most accomplished men of his age. He taught his disciples a modified form of metempsychosis, and discoursed with the people on metaphysical subjects.
He was on friendly terms with the saint Nizam-ud-Din of Dehli and was visited by the emperors of Dehli more than once. The hereditary guardians of the Shrine of Bahawal Haq and Rukn-i-Alam are called the Mukhdums of Multan, and they have thousands of disciples in southern Punjab and Sindh. Qureshi family. Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Hussian Qureshi is current custodian ( sajjada Nasheen ) of Darbar Hazrat Shah Rukan-e-Alam
Flower Celosia cristata - Inside Victorial Memorial Hall premises @ Calcutta - West Bengal, India.
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Celosia cristata - is a member of the genus Celosia, and is commonly known as cockscomb, since the flower looks like the head on a rooster (cock). They are annual plants of tropical origin, and their leaves and flowers can be used as vegetables. They are often grown as foods in India, Western Africa, and South America.
They grow well in both humid and arid conditions, and their flowers can last for up to 8 weeks. A high number of seeds can be produced by each flower, up to 43,000 per ounce. The plant often grows up to 1 foot in height, though many are smaller. The leaves are either green or bronze/maroon, depending upon the cultivar. The flowers are usually red, yellow, pink, or orange, though other colors can be present. In some instances, a variety of colors are present in hybrids.
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this is the power plant, well actually, the power plant fence on the boarder of the premises to keep out trespassers. wont be around for much longer by the looks of it. the end panel is swinging in the waves. all rusted through the bottom.
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Another view of the famous statue of Lord Shiva seen from inside the premises of the Murudeshwara Temple. On the right in gold is the main temple. The 20-storied, 249 feet tall Raja Gopura of the Murudeshwara Temple is considered the tallest gopura in the world. Also the statue is the tallest statue of Lord Shiva in the world standing at 123 feet (37 m) and took about 2 years to build.
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"We'll rant and we'll roar like true Newfoundlanders"
Traditional sea shanty.
Fishing gear, Broom Point Fishing Premises, Gros Morne Park Newfoundland from my recent trip.
Arrived 06:01am. Escorted out of premises 16:55pm. Full day at Machu Picchu citadel made even better by some superb lighting. It was just a pity that as the lighting became even more spectacular, it was nearing closing time. Some of the employees were even encouraging me to leave as early as 16:30pm, a full half an hour before closing! The rainbow hung around the valley for a good couple of hours and only very light rain occurred that afternoon if at all. The sun didn't disappear once during that time. During this time I had the opportunity to do a couple of HDR shots, some regular, and also a time-lapse using the same camera!