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(Kaya Riki), when burning a mosquito-repellent, and a stable combustion by burning incense sticks and incense in it,
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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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.
I have decided to play incense sticks and my flashes this weeken, of course with the color gels that I have cut gaffers taped and velcroed. And here the pictures.
Strobist info: All manual, pre-focused and switched to manual. 1 sb-800 and one sb-600 subject left and right slightly back sometimes front.. Pointing up with different angles as you can guess from the pictures. One of them is blue gelled and the other one red. Same power settings for the two stobes mostly but change the location and zooms and enjoy the interesting pictures.
An improvised altar in the shape of a bucket full of burnt incense sticks, in an undisclosed alley.
Learn more about at my travelog post about it.
Lying in bed I opened the curtains and saw this reflection of Avolikitesvara and some incense sticks
Chao Mae Tuptim (Goddess Tuptim Shrine)
The origins of Chao Mae Tuptim are obscure. It can only be recalled that a spirit house was built by Nai Lert for the Spirit who was believed to reside in the large Sai (Ficus) tree.
The basic offerings are fragrant wreaths of snow-white jasmine flowers, incense sticks, pink and white lotus buds. Chao Mae Tuptim has received yet another, rather less conventional kind of gift, phallic in shape, both small and large, stylized and highly realistic. Over the years they have been brought by the thousands, and today fill the area around the shrine. Confronted by the extraordinary display the shrine has automatically been concluded to be dedicated to fertility.
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I have decided to play incense sticks and my flashes this weeken, of course with the color gels that I have cut gaffers taped and velcroed. And here the pictures.
Strobist info: All manual, pre-focused and switched to manual. 1 sb-800 and one sb-600 subject left and right slightly back sometimes front.. Pointing up with different angles as you can guess from the pictures. One of them is blue gelled and the other one red. Same power settings for the two stobes mostly but change the location and zooms and enjoy the interesting pictures.
Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia, giant incense sticks, burning, smoke, festival, hunngry ghosts, hungry goose, doorway, colonial architecture, light, colour, dragons, fireworks, Canon 5D, _MG_8146_1000px
Had the unique chance to visit this temple during morning prayers. The sounds together with the intense scent of incense sticks offered by visitors created an overwhelming atmosphere
Went with Jay (a Flickr friend of years) on a photo-shooting spree. Thank you Jay for your patience and guided tour through the beauty and intricacies of this wonderful city.
Pleasure shooting with you.
Thanks Jay for the experience
SHANGHAI 2624 2014-11-16
the SS Ronald Reagan, loaded, christened, rigged, and ready to sail. Alas, the weather was stormy, the incense sticks remained unpersuaded by the best efforts of our miniature liquid fuelled tinderbox and its handler.
Despite this, our spirits remained high.
Loy Krathong (or Loi Kratong, Thai: ลอยกระทง) is a festival celebrated in Thailand. It is held on the third lunar moon in November.
“Loi” means “to float”. “Krathong” is a lotus-shaped boat usually decorated with banana leaves, flowers, candles, coins, incense sticks etc.
The festival originated in Thailand to ask for the Mother of Water's forgiveness for polluting the water.
The Thai tradition of Loy Kratong started off in Sukhothai, but is now celebrated throughout Thailand, with the festivities in Chiang Mai and Ayutthaya being particularly well known.
I have decided to play incense sticks and my flashes this weeken, of course with the color gels that I have cut gaffers taped and velcroed. And here the pictures.
Strobist info: All manual, pre-focused and switched to manual. 1 sb-800 and one sb-600 subject left and right slightly back sometimes front.. Pointing up with different angles as you can guess from the pictures. One of them is blue gelled and the other one red. Same power settings for the two stobes mostly but change the location and zooms and enjoy the interesting pictures.
There are many a stories of cities of Delhi; how many people came, made it their home, only to be replaced by a new bunch. Today, their remnants are most visible as monumental heritage of Delhi. And south Delhi happens to be one of the densest in terms of these remains. After all, this is where the story of urban Delhi started; this is where the first cities of Delhi came up. Even when the capital moved up north & closer to the river Yamuna, this area was never abandoned. As a result, Mehrauli sees a continuous settlement for a 1000 odd years, which is an incredible trail back to the past!
Our heritage walk in Mehrauli Archaeological Park shares some of nuggets of this rich history. The starting point of this trail is the entrance to the Park on Mehrauli Gurgaon road. We walk through a gateway into a clearing which is the site of archeological excavation about 2 years ago. A few steps ahead, Balban’s tomb stands out. Although in a ruined condition, its scale gives us some idea of how magnificent this tomb might have been. There is also a faint trace of plaster & tile decoration on one of the walls, which helps us imagine how it might have looked in the 13th century. Balban’s grave is no longer extant & the burial we see in the adjacent chamber is believed to be of his son, Khan Shaheed. Now are days, it has become a site for ritual prayers. A couple of local Muslims offer prayers here, leaving incense sticks, perfume & rose petal as offerings. Next to it is another ruined complex, where we can see foundations of rooms, with decorative niches. These niches are not deep enough for storage, so they were probably chiragdaans, for placing lamps. Some rooms have stairs, which now lead to nowhere, but originally would have been access to the upper storey. Walking on, we come to the building which gives the area its local name. This is the Jamali Kamali mosque. Built by sufi & poet Sheikh Fazullah, this is a well preserved mosque which also has Jamali Kamali tomb in the adjacent courtyard.
Later in the 19th century, this entire piece of land was purchased by a British Resident, Thomas Metcalfe. He went about re-landscaping the terrain to suit his tastes & converted it into his weekend retreat named ‘Dilkusha’. He took many a pains to work at this site: purchased a tomb & converted it into his residence; a Lodi period building was converted into a boathouse, which stood on an artificial lake, created by diverting a stream! Moreover, he went about planting follies of all shapes & sizes through his estate. Some of them still survive, like the pavilion atop a hill opp. Jamali Kamali mosque. There are two more bizarre follies by his just outside the Qutb complex: one shaped like a ziggurat & the other like spiral! They are easy to spot, if you are standing outside the ticket counter to Qutb.
After walking though the Dilkusha, we tracked our way back to the centre of the Park & then took a slight detour to the west, which led us to Rajon ki Baoli, a step well. This is a 4 tiered step well, which is named after masons. It has recently undergone extensive restoration work, but sadly some of the debris & material is still dumped around, defeating the very purpose of such initiatives. Still, the step well is an amazing site of behold, each level revealing itself as we move closer to it!
(posted by Kanika Singh & Kavita Singh, team members, Delhi Heritage Walks)
Jing'an Temple worshipers light incense sticks.
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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.
This shot was in my mind for days but finally i got it today. I was actually trying to capture the smokes/flames that come out of these but didn't get it for some reason. I think i have to read about exposure more before reattempting this shot.
This shot also came well enough to be part of my Project365.
Happy Clicking
VishVas
april 1, 2010
FINALLY, my research paper is done for and i am free <3
gloria came over and we took some photos with japanese jasmine scented incense sticks.
a million and one more on my blog: seabug.blogspot.com/2010/04/spirited-away.html
Tai Hang Fire Dragon
When the people of Tai Hang village miraculously stopped a plague with a fire dragon dance in the 19th century, they inadvertently launched a tradition that has since become part of China’s official intangible cultural heritage.
Tai Hang may no longer be a village, but its locals still recreate the fiery ancient ritual today with a whopping 300 performers, 72,000 incense sticks and a 67-metre dragon. The head of this beast alone weighs 48kg, so it’s not a creature to be taken lightly! The commemorative performance wends its way in fire, smoke and festive fury through the backstreets of Tai Hang over three moon-fuelled days. It will also snake into the Urban Mid-Autumn Lantern Carnival in Victoria Park during the festival.
Source: www.discoverhongkong.com/eng/see-do/events-festivals/high...
School kids have fun preparing their kratongs for floating, lighting candles and incense sticks.
Taken in Bangkok, 21.11.2010
© Kabir Orlowski
Tai Hang Fire Dragon
When the people of Tai Hang village miraculously stopped a plague with a fire dragon dance in the 19th century, they inadvertently launched a tradition that has since become part of China’s official intangible cultural heritage.
Tai Hang may no longer be a village, but its locals still recreate the fiery ancient ritual today with a whopping 300 performers, 72,000 incense sticks and a 67-metre dragon. The head of this beast alone weighs 48kg, so it’s not a creature to be taken lightly! The commemorative performance wends its way in fire, smoke and festive fury through the backstreets of Tai Hang over three moon-fuelled days. It will also snake into the Urban Mid-Autumn Lantern Carnival in Victoria Park during the festival.
Source: www.discoverhongkong.com/eng/see-do/events-festivals/high...
I have decided to play incense sticks and my flashes this weeken, of course with the color gels that I have cut gaffers taped and velcroed. And here the pictures.
Strobist info: All manual, pre-focused and switched to manual. 1 sb-800 and one sb-600 subject left and right slightly back sometimes front.. Pointing up with different angles as you can guess from the pictures. One of them is blue gelled and the other one red. Same power settings for the two stobes mostly but change the location and zooms and enjoy the interesting pictures.
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.
A big part of Cao Thon village in Vietnam is dedicated to the musk incense business. Households use all their available space to making incense sticks, most of which will be exported to other countries. Surprisingly, India, which has historically made incense sticks, is one of the biggest customers.
The incense business has brought much prosperity to this village.
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A woman rolling incense sticks, that will likely be used in some temple ceremony in a village outside BodhGaya.
Burned incense sticks or in chinese called hio (cmiiw) in front of Kwan Iem goddes statue. Leaving an aromatic fragrance.
@Quan Am To vihara, ex Sinam camp, vietnamese boat people refugees camp from vietnam war, on Galang island, Batam
Incense spirals burning at the Hung Shing temple, hidden on a side street in the centre of busy Wan Chai (Hong Kong).
Incense spirals (also called incense coils) are one of the forms of incense. An incense coil is made entirely of incense, without a bamboo core in the middle as seen with incense sticks. They are called incense spirals because they are shaped into a spiral instead of a straight stick shape. A spiral shape allows for a much larger piece of incense which burns longer while taking up little space. An incense stick can be made in any length, but the longer the stick, the greater the chance of breakage. This limits incense sticks to no more than three feet in length in general practice. Incense coils have been in use for a considerable length of time in the East thanks to their much longer burn times and compact footprint. For temples and monasteries which use a lot of incense, these coils are ideal. The coils can be suspended from the ceiling which allows more floor space to be freed up for worshippers. It is not uncommon to see a temple ceiling which is covered with large hanging incense coils. These coils can burn for days at a time. Incense coils this size are not very practical for use in the home, however
Taken for the Photo Challenge group. Today's challenge was Smoke
Nag Champa is a fragrance from India. It has a high concentration of sandalwood. It is most frequently found in the form of incense sticks and cones, but soap, perfume oil, scented candles, scented lube, and massage oil are also available.
Nag Champa belongs to the "Champa" class of Indian incense, originating from the Champa flower. Champa incenses contain a natural ingredient indigenous to India called "halmaddi", which is a semi-liquid resin taken from the Ailanthus Malabarica tree. It is what gives Nag Champa its characteristic grey color. Halmaddi is hygroscopic which means it absorbs moisture from the air. This can cause Nag Champa incenses to have a wet feeling to them.
Nag Champa-scented items are usually easy to find in shops selling Indian goods, Tibetan goods (it is popular with Tibetans) and in many health food stores, as well as metaphysical and New Age book stores, liquor stores, gas stations, music stores, and head shops.
Bob Dylan burns Nag Champa at his concerts, and as such it is popular among Bob Dylan enthusiasts. The Grateful Dead and more recently The Black Crowes have also been found to burn Nag Champa at performances. Other musicians have cited their understanding of mood and spiritual alteration due to burning this incense that is also burned in Hindu temples called Ashrams.
From Wikipedia
China. Yunnan. Shangri-la
The 100 Chicken Temple was just a 10 minute walk from our hotel, and a steep climb up one of the surrounding hills.
Taking pictures wasn't easy because of the smoke generated by fresh pine leaves in the fire in front of the temple, and incense sticks everywhere.
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.
Tarpanam is a brand umbrella of various FMCG products and one of their product ranges are incense sticks, popularly known as Agarbatti in India.
We presented a different identity to their agarbatti packing boxes and still kept it uniform for a recall value. On the product box design, we placed a traditional female illustration holding incense sticks and lamp for religious ritual.
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The Asian Occasion 2012: Part 2
We arrive by train in Beijing, my hometown. Amazing things like the Great Wall, the Summer Garden, the Ming Tombs, and other touristy spots are interspersed with hanging out with family, friends old and new, and eating tasty, tasty things.
Just a few weeks before we were due to leave Hong Kong, John, Bethan and I made a trip to Macau.
We went with Michael Hansen of Hansen's Hikes in Hong Kong as we were anxious to see as much as we possibly could and not have to do the planning and thinking.
We took the ferry to Macau and embarked on a couple of hours walking on Coloane Island, one of the few wild areas in the SAR and visited the A-Ma statue and temple. We had a delicious lunch at a Portuguese restaurant that served real crusty bread, and then headed to the Macau Peninsula where we wandered through the Portuguese streets, saw the Mandarin's House and other highlights!
Sadly the day was pretty grey and cloudy and many of the photos have ended up being quite grainy because the light levels were so low.
We spent a day in and around Datong and the highlight was the morning spent at the Yungang Grottoes.
This UNESCO World Heritage Site has "252 grottoes with more than 51,000 Buddha statues and statuettes" according to Wikipedia and we can believe it!
Apparently they were carved between 465 and 525AD. Serious efforts are now underway to slow 1500 years of weathering.
We really came to appreciate the problems China has with dust blowing in from Mongolia during this day. The dust was everywhere. The wind picked up in the middle of the day and the sky had that slight tint of orange I had seen on pictures of Beijing's dust storms. Very cold on Bethan's ankles!
Datong itself is a coal mining town with very little else to merit a visit but it probably shows just how the majority of the Chinese population live.