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Mural of Hemis Monastery.
Hemis Monastery holds the distinction of being the biggest as well as the wealthiest monastery of Ladakh. It dates back to the year 1630 and was founded by the first incarnation of Stagsang Raspa Nawang Gyatso. Hemis Monastery is positioned inside a gorge, at a distance of approximately 47 km from Leh. Belonging to the Dugpa Order, it stands on the western bank of the Indus River. The monastery also boasts of a very rich collection of ancient relics.
The array of items kept inside the monastery consist of a copper-gilt statue of the Lord Buddha, various gold and silver stupas, sacred thankas and several other exquisite objects. Situated slightly higher than the Hemis Gompa of Leh Ladakh, is a sacred hermitage, founded by Gyalwa Kotsang. The meditation cave of Gyalwa, along with his footprints and handprints on the rock and sacred shrines, still bring back his memories to life.
The Hemis Monastery also serves as the venue of an annual festival, known as the Hemis Festival. This festival is celebrated as a commemoration of the birth anniversary of Guru Padmasambhava. On the day of the Hemis Festival, the thangka of the monastery is displayed, with a gap of twelve years between successive displays. The Thanka is the sacred appliqué-work tapestry wrought with pearls, which depicts Guru Padmasambhava. And not to be forgotten is a sacred mask dance that is performed at the monastery every year. The dance takes place on 9th and 10th day of the fifth month of the Tibetan calendar.
Indian Republic Day, celebrated on 26th of January commemorates the date on which the Constitution of India came into force in the year 1950.
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Painted storks' nests / UN ALBERO PIENO DI NIDI DI CICOGNE COLORATE
KEOLADEO N.P. chiamato anche Santuario degli uccelli di Bharatpur, ( ne
sono state censite 230 specie), patrimonio dell'umanità dell'UNESCO dal
1971.
PAINTED STORK is a tropical species, belonging to the stork family of Ciconiidae. The bird is found in the Asian continent, covering the area from India and Sri Lanka to Southeast Asia. Broad-winged soaring birds, the Painted storks of India fly with their neck outstretched. They are resident birds and are found in Indian lowland wetlands, with trees.
Physical Traits
The Painted stork of India is a tall and slim bird, which grows to a height of 95 to 100 cm. The bird is mostly white in color, with the exception of its wings and chest feathers that have black and white markings. The color of the lower back, along with the legs, is light pink. The head of the Painted storks is only partly covered with feathers and is orange in color.
The bill is long, yellow in color and curves towards the end. The female Painted stork is a little smaller than the male. The young ones are brownish in color when they hatch. Only after they become three years old, do they get adult feathers or plumage. Full maturity comes around the age of four years.
Diet
Painted storks of India prefer to eat fish, which also forms a major portion of their diet. However, at times, they consume frogs and snails also. When hunting, the stork puts its head inside the water, with its bill being partly open. The bird keeps swinging its head back and forth in the water, till it catches a prey.
Natural Habitat
Painted storks are seen occupying Indian freshwater marshes, ponds and flooded fields. Apart from India, the bird is found in Pakistan, Sri Lanka, eastern China, Kampuchea and Vietnam. A small population of the Painted stork lives in Thailand also.
Status
Painted stork bird of India has a place in the list of protected species, at the moment.
Predators
The predators of Painted stork of India include tigers, leopards, jungle cats, hyenas and crocodiles.
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Humayun's Tomb. I wanted to preview the Mughal-style tomb architecture before I left for Agra to see Taj Mahal. There are many similarities but the most notable from this view is that the water channel has expanded to a pool of water passage when it comes to Taj Mahal.
Humayun, the eldest son of Babur, succeeded his father and became the second emperor of the Mughal Empire. He ruled India for nearly a decade but was ousted by Sher Shah Suri, the Afghan ruler. Humayun took refuge at the court of the Safavid ruler, Shah of Persia, who helped in regain Delhi in 1555 AD. Unfortunately, he was not able to rule for a long time and met with his untimely death after he fell from the stairs of the Sher Mandal library.
Bega Begum also known as Haji Begum, the Persian wife of Humayun, supervised the construction of a tomb for husband. Humayun's Tomb was the first building to be constructed during the reign of Akbar. The mausoleum was built from 1562-1572 AD in Delhi. It was constructed with the help of a Persian architect, Mirak Mirza Ghiyuath. The Humayun's Tomb clearly exhibits the influence of Persian art. The site chosen for the building was on the bank of the Yamuna River adjoining the shrine of the Sufi saint of Chisti silsilah, Nizamuddin Auliya.
The Humayun's Tomb was a landmark in establishing some of the essential norms for later Mughal mausoleums in India. The tomb can be compared with the mausoleums of Timur and Bibi Khanam at Samarqand. It is set in the middle of a geometrically arranged garden. In Islam, there is a concept that paradise or jannat is a place set somewhere in the middle of the garden with water flowing through the. It is called the Char Bagh as the entire garden is divided into four parts.
Humayun's Tomb was the first garden tomb made in India. The garden is divided into 36 squares by a grid of water channels and paths. The square garden is surrounded by a high rubble wall divided initially into four large squares separated by causeways and channels, each square divided again into smaller squares by pathways creating a char bagh. The laying down of the gardens in the Persian style was introduced by Babur and continued till the period of Shah Jahan.
The entry to the Humayun's Tomb is through a long axial processional track. On the way, there are gateways, which offer a glimpse of the tomb. The tomb is octagonal in shape and placed over a platform with colonnades, under which there are numerous graves of lesser known people and can be ascribed to various nobles and workers of Humayun's period. A great central chamber has four offsets, double storeyed in height and with arcade on their facades. Their openings closed with perforated screens. Three emphatic arches dominate each side, the central one being the highest. The central room contains the cenotaph of the emperor Humayun. and his queen Bega begum. The tomb is crowned by 42.5 m high colossal double dome.
The structure is built mainly with red sandstone along with use of white and black marble to relieve the monotony. The marble is used largely in the borders. The dome is made of white marble. The Humayun's tomb is the first Indian building to use the Persian concept of a double dome.
It is the first significant example of the Mughal architecture with high arches and double dome, which occurs for the first time in India.
It is also the first finest example of the garden-tomb, which culminated in the Taj Mahal at Agra. The design of the Taj Mahal is inspired from the Humayun's Tomb. The Humayun's Tomb is in the UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites.
16 April 2014 - 1,500 polling officers at a training centre in Bangalore wait for booth allotment. The state of Karnataka went to polls on 17 April, the largest single day of voting in the five-week national election. Delegates from Namibia visited Bangalore on 16-17 April 2014 to learn more about election management in the state. UNDP and the Election Commission are supporting 20 countries in learning from India’s experience in managing elections. [Photo: Shashank Jayaprasad/UNDP India]
The India Gate is a national monument of India. Situated in the heart of New Delhi, it was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens.
It commemorates the 70,000 Indian soldiers who lost their lives fighting for the British Army during the World War I. The memorial bears the names of more than 13,516 British and Indian soldiers killed in the Northwestern Frontier in the Afghan war of 1919.
The foundation stone of India Gate was laid by His Royal Highness, the Duke of Connaught in 1921. The monument was dedicated to the nation 10 years later by the then Viceroy, Lord Irwin.
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Ordained American Missionaries Now in Connection with our Foreign Mission Work with the Date of Their Joining the Missions, cabinet card, ca. 1880-1882.
Featuring (with dates of missionary service):
Eriah Unangst, India, 1858-1896.
David A. Day, Africa (Liberia), 1874-1897.
L.L. Uhl, India, 1873-1923.
Charles Schnure, India, 1880-1885.
A.D. Rowe, India, 1874-1882.
Sold by the Women's Missionary Society for the benefit of Foreign Missionary Work of the Lutheran Church.
LCA 16.6.3 box 8 f. 12 India - Photographs.
ELCA Archives image.
Indian Republic Day, celebrated on 26th of January commemorates the date on which the Constitution of India came into force in the year 1950.
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Christmas tea, Bhimavaram, 1913.
Missionaries and children with toys, including dolls, tricycle and wagon, Christmas tree. Possibly A.F.A. Neudoeffer standing; Hiram Sipes seated with tea cup.
LCA 16.6.3 box 6 f. 14 India - Missionaries.
ELCA Archives image.
Indian Republic Day, celebrated on 26th of January commemorates the date on which the Constitution of India came into force in the year 1950.
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Golconda Fort: Golconda is one of the famous forts of India. The name originates from the Telugu words “Golla Konda” meaning “Shepherd’s Hill”. The origins of the fort can be traced back to the Yadava dynasty of Deogiri and the Kakatiyas of Warangal. Golconda was originally a mud fort, which passed to the Bahmani dynasty and later to the Qutb Shahis, who held it from 1518 to 1687 A.D. The first three Qutb Shahi kings rebuilt Golconda, over a span of 62 years. The fort is famous for its acoustics, palaces, ingenious water supply system and the famous Fateh Rahben gun, one of the cannons used in the last siege of Golconda by Aurangzeb, to whom the fort ultimately fell.
Sound & Light Show at Golconda Fort. The glorious past of Golconda Fort is narrated
effectively with matchless Sound and Light effects. The unique Sound & Light Show takes you right back in time, when Golconda was full of life, glory and grandeur.
Fatehpur Sikri
Agra - Uttar Pradesh - India.
... Video "Fatehpur Sikri": youtu.be/SbX5nSxew1g
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Udaipur - City Palace.
Standing of the east bank of the Lake Pichola is a massive series of palaces built at different times from 1559 A.D.
The palace now houses a museum with many antique articles, paintings, decorative furniture and utensils from the royal era.
7 May 2014 - People walk past a billboard displaying a slogan " Go to Vote, Fullfill your Duty", as a part of Systematic Voters Education and Electorial Participation (SVEEP), one day prior to the 16th Lok Sabha Elections in Shimla. Delegation from Bhutan, Kenya, Myanmar, Uganda and nine countries from the League of Arab States visited Shimla to witness the election management process. [Photo: UNDP India/Prashanth Vishwanathan]
Pictures taken in Varanasi, India.
This ritual is called Ganga Aarti.
Varanasi has hundreds of temples along the banks of the Ganges which often become flooded during the rains. This city, especially along the banks of the Ganges, is an important place of worship for Hindus as well as a cremation ground.
See the wikipedia sites for more info.
@ Bundi, India
These guys are lining up early in the morning... i am guessing what they sell here...
Wills Life Style India Fashion Week , Models Displaying latest outfits on the Ramp. PHOTO BY SAJJAD SHAH
17 April 2014 - A queue at a polling station in Hebbal, Bangalore, Karnataka. The state of Karnataka went to polls on 17 April, the largest single day of voting in the five-week national election. Delegates from Namibia visited Bangalore on 16-17 April 2014 to learn more about election management in the state. UNDP and the Election Commission are supporting 20 countries in learning from India’s experience in managing elections. [Photo: Shashank Jayaprasad/UNDP India]