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Street scene in front of a Hindu temple. Many hindus consider it as a duty to visit temple to unload their worries, thank for things that have and to ask for few more wishes. The shops nearby sell flowers, fruits, coconuts, camphor and incense sticks that are offered to deities.
Hookah pipes represent an ancient, well preserved tradition. It mirrors the oriental tradition of social smoking and leisure. History reveals that Indians, Chinese, Babylonians used to smoke hookahs while burning the incense sticks as part of their religious rituals. Its mention can be found even in the shamanistic rituals. Yes, lots of things have changed since then. Visit www.pipesdaddy.com/Glass-Gandalf-Pipes-s/52.htm
The Shwedagon Pagoda is a 99 metres gilded pagoda and stupa located in Yangon, Burma. The pagoda lies to the west of Kandawgyi Lake, on Singuttara Hill, thus dominating the skyline of the city. It is the most sacred Buddhist pagoda for the Burmese with relics of the past four Buddhas enshrined within: the staff of Kakusandha, the water filter of Koṇāgamana, a piece of the robe of Kassapa and eight strands of hair from Gautama, the historical Buddha. Uppatasanti Pagoda is an exact replica of Shwedagon Pagoda in Naypyidaw, the new capital of Burma.
According to legend, the Shwedagon Pagoda has existed for more than 2,600 years, making it the oldest historical pagoda in Burma and the world. According to tradition, two merchant brothers, Taphussa and Bhallika, from the land of Ramanya, met the Lord Gautama Buddha during his lifetime and received eight of the Buddha's hairs in 588 BCE. The brothers traveled back to their homeland in Burma and, with the help of the local ruler, King Okkalapa of Burma, found Singuttara Hill, where relics of other Buddhas preceding Gautama Buddha had been enshrined.
According to some historians and archaeologists, however, the pagoda was built by the Mon people between the 6th and 10th centuries CE.
There are four entrances to the Paya that lead up a flight of steps to the platform on Singuttara Hill. The eastern and southern approaches have vendors selling books, good luck charms, Buddha images, candles, gold leaf, incense sticks, prayer flags, streamers, miniature umbrellas and flowers. A pair of giant leogryphs called chinthe (mythical lions) guard the entrances and the image in the shrine at the top of the steps from the south is that of the second Buddha, Konagamana. The base or plinth of the stupa is made of bricks covered with gold plates.
Above the base are terraces that only monks and men can access. Next is the bell-shaped part of the stupa. Above that is the turban, then the inverted almsbowl, inverted and upright lotus petals, the banana bud, and then the crown. The crown or umbrella (hti) is tipped with 5,448 diamonds and 2,317 rubies. Immediately before the diamond bud is a flag-shaped vane. The very top, the diamond bud is tipped with a 76 carat (15 g) diamond.
The gold seen on the stupa is made of genuine gold plates, covering the brick structure and attached by traditional rivets. Myanmar people all over the country, as well as monarchs in its history, have donated gold to the pagoda to maintain it. The practice continues to this day after being started in the 15th century by the Mon Queen Shin Sawbu, who gave her weight in gold.
Hookah pipes represent an ancient, well preserved tradition. It mirrors the oriental tradition of social smoking and leisure. History reveals that Indians, Chinese, Babylonians used to smoke hookahs while burning the incense sticks as part of their religious rituals. Its mention can be found even in the shamanistic rituals. Yes, lots of things have changed since then. Visit www.pipesdaddy.com/Glass-Gandalf-Pipes-s/52.htm
Hookah pipes represent an ancient, well preserved tradition. It mirrors the oriental tradition of social smoking and leisure. History reveals that Indians, Chinese, Babylonians used to smoke hookahs while burning the incense sticks as part of their religious rituals. Its mention can be found even in the shamanistic rituals. Yes, lots of things have changed since then. Visit www.pipesdaddy.com/Glass-Gandalf-Pipes-s/52.htm
17th Century Lama Temple or Yonghe Temple/ -Lamasery is a temple and monastery of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism. NE of city centre. The complex is about 400x100 meters. Metro station: Yonghegong Lama Temple (line 2 and 5).
I went there late afternoon to avoid big crowds. I went in 15:45 hour. No line at the ticket counter. Good. Entrance is only 25 yuan (€3). Entrance fee to these attractions cost so little compared to European cities. You gotta love Beijing. From the ticket office to the temple complex is a 150m walk. Included in the price is a packet of incense sticks which is handed out at the entrance of the temple complex.
I was first observing everyone for a couple of minutes to understand how it is done…
You've got to burn the sticks then walk towards the temple and kneel on the leather cushion while holding the sticks above your head with two hands. Than pray for a while (I think). Then bow three times. Stand up, rotate to the right 90 degrees and bow, while standing, three times still holding the sticks above your head. Then throw the sticks in the big black box. Okay, I can do that. So I burned the entire packet of sticks at the first temple. Behind that were many more temples but I was out of sticks. Mmmmnnnnn. Good one Gilbert. Nice. Idiot. At 16:30 hour they were closing the doors of a couple temples and at 16:45 hours we were forced towards the exit. Beautiful looking place though.
Ganga Aarti is a spectacular evening ceremony that takes place everyday at the Dashashwamedh Ghat in Varanasi (India) at the bank of the holy river Ganga. This ceremony is attended by thousands of visitors everyday and considered as one of the most colourful event of India.
A group of young priests dressed up with silky robes conduct this ceremony. The Aarti (puja offerings) starts with the chanting of hymns and prayers in the praise of the Holy River. After that, the priests perform different offerings in choreographed manner from their respective platforms which include - blowing of conch shells, burning of incense sticks and waving them in an elaborate synchronized manner in all the directions with their right hand, while ringing the ceremonial prayer bell with the left hand, circular waving of large multi-tiered oil lamps and a big brass camphor lamp, with a dramatic snake hood in clockwise directions, to and fro in a synchronized manner, and waving of the Peacock’s feather and Yak-tail fan in similar choreographed manner. The priests end the ceremony by pouring a bowl of water into the river. Upon which, the devotees let go of thousands of small oil lamps with flowers on a leaf to float on the river that would look like numerous stars on the water.
The whole ceremony is a spectacle of sound and colour and takes around 45 minutes. The devotional chanting, the pulsating sound of ceremonial bells, gongs and drums, the circular waving of large lamps, the heavy air from the burning incense, the floating floral lamps, all create a magical, enchanted atmosphere that makes for a dramatic sensory experience well worth experiencing.
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Ganga Aarti is a spectacular evening ceremony that takes place everyday at the Dashashwamedh Ghat in Varanasi (India) at the bank of the holy river Ganga. This ceremony is attended by thousands of visitors everyday and considered as one of the most colourful event of India.
A group of young priests dressed up with silky robes conduct this ceremony. The Aarti (puja offerings) starts with the chanting of hymns and prayers in the praise of the Holy River. After that, the priests perform different offerings in choreographed manner from their respective platforms which include - blowing of conch shells, burning of incense sticks and waving them in an elaborate synchronized manner in all the directions with their right hand, while ringing the ceremonial prayer bell with the left hand, circular waving of large multi-tiered oil lamps and a big brass camphor lamp, with a dramatic snake hood in clockwise directions, to and fro in a synchronized manner, and waving of the Peacock’s feather and Yak-tail fan in similar choreographed manner. The priests end the ceremony by pouring a bowl of water into the river. Upon which, the devotees let go of thousands of small oil lamps with flowers on a leaf to float on the river that would look like numerous stars on the water.
The whole ceremony is a spectacle of sound and colour and takes around 45 minutes. The devotional chanting, the pulsating sound of ceremonial bells, gongs and drums, the circular waving of large lamps, the heavy air from the burning incense, the floating floral lamps, all create a magical, enchanted atmosphere that makes for a dramatic sensory experience well worth experiencing.
Images of India
The Shwedagon Pagoda is a 99 metres gilded pagoda and stupa located in Yangon, Burma. The pagoda lies to the west of Kandawgyi Lake, on Singuttara Hill, thus dominating the skyline of the city. It is the most sacred Buddhist pagoda for the Burmese with relics of the past four Buddhas enshrined within: the staff of Kakusandha, the water filter of Koṇāgamana, a piece of the robe of Kassapa and eight strands of hair from Gautama, the historical Buddha. Uppatasanti Pagoda is an exact replica of Shwedagon Pagoda in Naypyidaw, the new capital of Burma.
According to legend, the Shwedagon Pagoda has existed for more than 2,600 years, making it the oldest historical pagoda in Burma and the world. According to tradition, two merchant brothers, Taphussa and Bhallika, from the land of Ramanya, met the Lord Gautama Buddha during his lifetime and received eight of the Buddha's hairs in 588 BCE. The brothers traveled back to their homeland in Burma and, with the help of the local ruler, King Okkalapa of Burma, found Singuttara Hill, where relics of other Buddhas preceding Gautama Buddha had been enshrined.
According to some historians and archaeologists, however, the pagoda was built by the Mon people between the 6th and 10th centuries CE.
There are four entrances to the Paya that lead up a flight of steps to the platform on Singuttara Hill. The eastern and southern approaches have vendors selling books, good luck charms, Buddha images, candles, gold leaf, incense sticks, prayer flags, streamers, miniature umbrellas and flowers. A pair of giant leogryphs called chinthe (mythical lions) guard the entrances and the image in the shrine at the top of the steps from the south is that of the second Buddha, Konagamana. The base or plinth of the stupa is made of bricks covered with gold plates.
Above the base are terraces that only monks and men can access. Next is the bell-shaped part of the stupa. Above that is the turban, then the inverted almsbowl, inverted and upright lotus petals, the banana bud, and then the crown. The crown or umbrella (hti) is tipped with 5,448 diamonds and 2,317 rubies. Immediately before the diamond bud is a flag-shaped vane. The very top, the diamond bud is tipped with a 76 carat (15 g) diamond.
The gold seen on the stupa is made of genuine gold plates, covering the brick structure and attached by traditional rivets. Myanmar people all over the country, as well as monarchs in its history, have donated gold to the pagoda to maintain it. The practice continues to this day after being started in the 15th century by the Mon Queen Shin Sawbu, who gave her weight in gold.
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Taken at the local camera club this week, Incense sticks burning against a black background using my camera's built in flash.
It was a very hit and miss affair, mostly miss...I must buy a flash gun.
Hookah pipes represent an ancient, well preserved tradition. It mirrors the oriental tradition of social smoking and leisure. History reveals that Indians, Chinese, Babylonians used to smoke hookahs while burning the incense sticks as part of their religious rituals. Its mention can be found even in the shamanistic rituals. Yes, lots of things have changed since then. Visit www.pipesdaddy.com/Glass-Gandalf-Pipes-s/52.htm
Naturally Auroville is a good place to go to if you are looking for knick-knacks to do up your house with. You can get From paper lamps, earrings, leather sandals (very popular), coffee mugs, trays and furniture to quilts, durries, silk kaftans and the all-famous incense sticks here. Its bakery section is also very popular.
The village of Cao Thon has become a specialist in musk-based incense sticks and coils. Their biggest target market? India!
Above: the incense material has been constituted with the exact right materials and mix of ingredients, then squeezed through a machine that puts it out in the form of a rope.
The people who make these coils then swing the ropes like a lasso, and with deft movements of their wrists, produce coils around a little piece of plumbing pipe, which is pulled out after the coil is made.
It was quite mesmerizing to see these guys churn out these coils. I took a video of it, but accidentally deleted the video, so I no longer have it.
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Only a short drive away from Pattaya heading to Sriracha is the lovely island Koh Sichang. This island offers so much to see and do but one of the main features of the island is the Chinese temple known as Saan Chao Pho Khao Yai, or Shrine of the Father Spirit of the Great Hill.
As you arrive on the island up in the mountain side is this magnificent temple. The temple dates back centuries, going back to the days when junks from Ming China anchored in the sheltered water on the east side of the island.
Located around a cave the temple cuts into the mountain side with small caverns heading off in different directions. The temple is most popular during the Chinese New Year as the shrine draws tens of thousands of mainly Chinese visitors from all around the world.
There are shrines to the famous Monkey who accompanied Hsuan Tsang in his famous 7th-century pilgrimage from China to India, Kuan Yin, King Chulalongkorn, as well as other shrines and statues to see.
Don't worry if you feel unable to climb the stairs leading to the temple as there is a motorised lift that will take you to the top.Pay your respects by lighting the required number of incense sticks in the main shrine, and if you want to be sure of good luck, light a few hundred firecrackers, too.
A great temple to visit and a very worthwhile island just a stones throw from Pattaya. So head down and take a look at Saan Chao Pho Khao Yai, you won't be disappointed!
The grandpa and his grand-daughter offer dumplings that they made in the morning and incense sticks, to the Jizo (guardian deities of children) .
お地蔵さんにお団子とお線香をお供え。
Nikon D610 / NIKKOR 24mm F2.8
Hookah pipes represent an ancient, well preserved tradition. It mirrors the oriental tradition of social smoking and leisure. History reveals that Indians, Chinese, Babylonians used to smoke hookahs while burning the incense sticks as part of their religious rituals. Its mention can be found even in the shamanistic rituals. Yes, lots of things have changed since then. Visit www.pipesdaddy.com/Glass-Gandalf-Pipes-s/52.htm
Hookah pipes represent an ancient, well preserved tradition. It mirrors the oriental tradition of social smoking and leisure. History reveals that Indians, Chinese, Babylonians used to smoke hookahs while burning the incense sticks as part of their religious rituals. Its mention can be found even in the shamanistic rituals. Yes, lots of things have changed since then. Visit www.pipesdaddy.com/Glass-Gandalf-Pipes-s/52.htm
Hookah pipes represent an ancient, well preserved tradition. It mirrors the oriental tradition of social smoking and leisure. History reveals that Indians, Chinese, Babylonians used to smoke hookahs while burning the incense sticks as part of their religious rituals. Its mention can be found even in the shamanistic rituals. Yes, lots of things have changed since then. Visit www.pipesdaddy.com/Glass-Gandalf-Pipes-s/52.htm
For the three nights straddling the Mid-Autumn festival, visitors can also see the spectacular Tai Hang Fire Dragon Dance. It's a 67-metre-long 'fire dragon' that winds its way with much fanfare and smoke through a collection of streets located in Tai Hang, close to Victoria Park in Causeway Bay. The Tai Hang Fire Dragon Dance started in 1880 when Tai Hang was a small Hakka village of farmers and fishermen on the waterfront of Causeway Bay. This custom has been followed every year since 1880, with the exception of the Japanese Occupation and during the 1967 disturbances.
According to local legend, over a century ago, a few days before the Mid-Autumn Festival, a typhoon and then a plague wreaked havoc on the village. While the villagers were repairing the damage, a python entered the village and ate their livestock. According to some villagers, the python was the son of the Dragon King. A soothsayer decreed the only way to stop the chaos was to stage a fire dance for three days and nights during the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival. The villagers made a huge dragon of straw and covered it with incense sticks, which they then lit. Accompanied by drummers and erupting firecrackers, they danced for three days and three nights – and the plague disappeared.
Lighting incense sticks at small shrine along river in Phnom Penh, Cambodia during the mourning for the late King Father.
Hadn't got any incense sticks to do some smoke trails, but my other half had been away and bought these back for a friend, luckily he hadn't delivered them to him yet....... HMM :)
sorry if this offends or upsets anyone.
The Ganga AartI in Benaras
Aartis in Dasaswamedh ghat, close to Kashi Vishwanath Temple, is one of the prime attractions of Benaras (Varanasi). It starts just after sunset, with a group of young men dressed in Benarasi silk robes and saffron patta-bastra enacting synchronised mudras choreographing to the chantings, holding, incense sticks and lamps, beside the holy River Ganga (Ganges).
I understood that, pooled from Hindu gurukul institutions in Varanasi these young men (disciples) have been imparted the Nidhi s motto to preserve the purity, sanctity, and divinity of Ganga, its ghats and Kanshi (Benaras), the oldest religious place in the world besides Jerusalem. The choreography is excellent and worth seeing. But to me it also feels artificial in a devotional context. But the ceremony is definitely worth watching!
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Indian Deities.
Our Indian Hindu friends are celebrating Deepavali next week. Singapore's Little India is transformed into an exotic treat for the senses, with thousands of coloured lights and dozens of special stalls set up, selling anything from beautiful brightly-coloured silk saris, shining jewellery, aromatic spices, scented jasmine garlands, incense sticks, and statues of Indian deities and much more.
A place where people come to ask for circle incense sticks or wish paper and other worship infomation.
Unlike other species, the Palo Santo must fall by its own in order to extract the Palo Santo Essential oils and also get incense sticks which are used in aromatherapy . In this process not a single tree is cut down, doing so causes it to lose its properties. The wood that falls is what The Artisan PaloSanto EcuadorianHands uses to manufacture the products, and despite the fact that we don’t deforest, we do feel the responsibility to return to nature those fallen trees.
Smoke photography with three incense sticks.
Much happier with the exposure this time round, using a camera mounted Speedlite 580ex II.
And all this under the watchful eyes of the big boy from the atop the hill opposite. Note that the incense sticks get thicker as they approach the Buddha. I was fascinated by the trio of pillar shaped ones at the far end. Hong Kong, Jan/ Feb. 2012.
Product photography by Marie Phu
Theme - Deadly beauty
The theme was created with the idea of chopstick designs. The idea of never placing the sticks vertically upright, this is symbolising death as it represents the notion of incense sticks in a rice bowl.
I've been wanting to play around with some smoke shots lately, and finally found some time to do it. I took two incense sticks and lit them near each other and tried to capture the smoke. I tested different aperatures trying to find the best one for nailing the smoke. It was trial and error but I think a couple of the shots worked.
Today we went to the Thai Buddhist Temple in Kissimmee, Florida to join in the Celebration of "Wan Awk Pansa" Kannika prepared a variety of foods and gifts to give to the Monks as a normal part of this Buddhist Celebration. There is a complete series of photos of today's festivities uploaded together. I hope you take a minute and scroll through the collection and enjoy them. This was my first experience participating in this celebration and I found it to be very interesting and satisfying.
Wan Awk Pansa
The Meaning of Wan Awk Pansa
Wan Awk Pansa (วันออกพรรษา) means the day of leaving the rains retreat. It is a public holiday in Thailand, held on the fifteenth, or full moon day, of the eleventh lunar
Tuesday, 27 October, 2015.
Wan Awk Pansa signals the end of the Buddhist Lent period, a period when many Thai Buddhists abstain from eating meat, drinking alcohol, and smoking. This is a day when many Thai people will visit a temple, often their local temple in their birthplace, to pray and to bring offerings. In the evenings, many people will take part in a tian wian or candlelit circumambulation of the main shrine of the temple. The devotees walk three times, in a clockwise direction, around the shrine, carrying a candle, three lit incense sticks and a lotus bud.
Tibetan monks make their way in the courtyard of the Golden Temple near Kushalnagar, Karnataka, as a mother forces a kid to light incense sticks and pray. I liked the numerous contrasts that this scene presented - family life vs renunciation, forced belief vs free choice, two ladies from different generations vs two contemporaries.
Every year during Deepavali, Little India transforms into an exotic treat for the senses, with thousands of coloured lights and dozens of special stalls set up, selling anything from beautiful brightly-coloured silk saris, shining jewellery, aromatic spices, scented jasmine garlands, incense sticks, and statues of Indian deities and much more.
Ritual offering of incense sticks. The sticks are placed in a large urn, burning together with lots of others. Smoke can be seen rising up.
Unlike other species, the Palo Santo must fall by its own in order to extract the Palo Santo Essential oils and also get incense sticks which are used in aromatherapy . In this process not a single tree is cut down, doing so causes it to lose its properties. The wood that falls is what The Artisan PaloSanto EcuadorianHands uses to manufacture the products, and despite the fact that we don’t deforest, we do feel the responsibility to return to nature those fallen trees.
Incense is aromatic biotic material which releases fragrant smoke when burned. The term refers to the material itself, rather than to the aroma that it produces. Incense is used for a variety of purposes, including the ceremonies of religion, to overcome bad smells, repel insects, spirituality, aromatherapy, meditation, and for simple pleasure. At around 2000 BC, Ancient China began the use of incense in the religious sense, namely for worship. Incense was used by Chinese cultures from Neolithic times and became more widespread in the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties. The earliest documented instance of incense utilization comes from the ancient Chinese, who employed incense composed of herbs and plant products (such as cassia, cinnamon, and sandalwood, amongst others) as a component of numerous formalized ceremonial rites. Incense usage reached its peak during the Song Dynasty with numerous buildings erected specifically for incense ceremonies
There are 3 staircases can be assess to the upper floor, but all of these had been sealed to prevent transpassers. This is the main grand staircase located at the main entrance hall. I'm surprised to found something unusual spooky items at the middle of this staircase, it was long hair tied like a pony tile and few old portraits. It must belong to the previous caretaker and i guess the caretaker had pass away so someone worship here.
lights in the background with
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one more flash to brighten up "42" :)
smoke created with incense sticks