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I am working on a project with a writer friend and the book it is based on is Steampunk an that collaboration inspired this picture.
Enjoy!
Model: Albany, By Moussu
Hair: Shirley Hair By Out of Touch
Clothes, Luggage, Pose: Fancy Punk By zoro_d
Clothing Texture: Steamie By Morya
Set: Deco Vignette By Jack Tomlin
*Created in Daz Studio and not taken in Second Life
I had gone to see the very famous Lalbaugh ke Raja today. Luckily didnt have to stand much in a line and managed to see Him after half an hour of wait. But behind us the line snaked on for more than 2 kilometeres!
Time to go !! Here I take your leave and let's
meet next year again with same joy and enthusiasm! Till then I will keep showering my blessings and love upon everyone...!! Yours lovingly, Ganpati bappa Morya 🙏
Wearing some new items from Ploom called Morya from We <3 Roleplay and The tattoo is new from La Malvada Mujer called Origami.Also wearing League Eric skin and Ikon eyes - perspective - paradise.
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50 Colors
FitMesh for mesh avatars
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☻ 1 Fitted Mesh for Maitreya
☻ 1 Fitted Mesh for Legacy
☻ 1 Fitted Mesh for Inithium Kupra
☻ 1 Fitted Mesh for Ebody Reborn
☻ 2 Fitted Mesh for GenX
[LERONSO] HAIRBASE v4 for Lelutka EVO X
BODY: Maitreya Mesh Body
HEAD: GENUS Project - Genus Head - Baby Face W001 - v2.0
SKIN: --- PUMEC - VANYA - GENUS HD / 4k ---
Top:*CK* Love muffin top FATPACK
Short: *CK* Love muffin shorts FATPACK
Lips:IVES - Ravenous Tint (GENUS, LeL Evo & CATWA Bento)
Errings: MICHAN - Cata Earrings [Genus]
L’alba di un nuovo giorno si leva sulla terra
Quest’ora non è una corrente ma un vortice
Ogni mondo personale riflette il cielo in fiamme
Per il fuoco che divora le vecchie forme
Maestro Morya
The dawn of a new day rises on earth
This time is not a current but a vortex
Any personal world reflects the sky in flames
For the fire that devours the old forms
Master Morya
Ganeshotsav is performed annually in India which begins on Ganesha Chaturthi.On the 11th day the statue of Lord Ganesha is immersed into water body.After the final offering of coconuts, flowers and sweets, the statues of Lord Ganesha are taken to the water body through the street procession with much fanfare and slogans like "Ganapati Bappa Morya" and "Ganesh Maharaj Ki, Jai"
Designed and folded by Himanshu Agrawal
Height: 12cm. Made from 30cm square.
Today is the first day of Navratri, however, I am sure Maa Durga won’t mind this Origami rendition of her son, Vighnaharta Ganesha.
I have had to commute a lot recently. Despite the frustration of wasted hours on end, the one bright spot was this design. There is a lot of scope to refine details and the overall shape but I am quite happy with this version for now.
The elephant-god Ganesha is one of the most recognisable forms in Indian culture. His semiotic representations are all-encompassing and too deep to describe in words. Hence, here is my humble Origami homage to the god of knowledge, with trusty Mooshak by his side and a delectable modak in his left hand. Ganpati Bappa Morya!
Sorry folks, still too tied up with some things, so not very regular on Flickr. Take care and hope you had a great Ganesh Festival.
Hope you enjoyed my whole photographic journey.
Naggar
(See google map : www.google.co.in/maps/@32.1120521,77.1645892,15z)
Situated on the east side of the Kullu Valley and on the left bank of river Beas at an altitude of 1851m, Naggar - an ancient town commands extensive views, especially to the North West of the valley. It is perhaps the most charming village in the valley today. Naggar was the former capital of Kullu. It was founded by Raja Visudhpal and continued as a headquarters of the State until the capital was transferred to Sultanpur (Kullu) by Jagat Singh in 1460 A.D. Today this ancient and beautiful Palace is a popular tourist spot.
It's an easy day trip from Manali. It is 26 km from Kulu (main town) and 22 km from Manali. For interesting sights and some good guesthouses and restaurants, it's a fine place for a few days' relaxing stay.
Russian painter and explorer Nicholas Roerich (Nikolai Rerikh) liked it so much he settled here in the early 20th century.
Naggar Castle :
Naggar castle was built by the Raja Sidh Singh in the 16th century and was used as the Royal residence and latter as the state head quarters of the kingdom till the middle of the 17th century. Stones used in the construction of the fort were brought fro the fort situated on the other side of the Naggar. The Castle was converted into a rest house, a hundred year back and in 1978 this ancient building was handed over to HPTDC to run as a heritage hotel. It has a flavour of authentic western Himalayan architecture. The major attraction is the small wooden temple inside the castle called Jagati Patt temple. Now the castle has been converted into the Tourism Department Hotel. It provides the magnificent view of the Kullu valley.
Temples in Naggar Village :
Tourists can make a visit to the beautiful Gauri Shankar mandir. The temple was built in the 11th and 12th century and according to the historical evidences it is the last great monuments of the Gurjara – Pratihara traditions. Apart from the Gauri Shankar mandir there are other famous temples in the area namely Vishnu, Chatar Bhuj temple, Tripura Sundri Devi, Tripura Sundari and Lord Krishna. Rich in wood and stone carvings these temples are constructed in the Shikhara and Pagoda style.
Roerich art gallery :
Another most famous attraction in the Naggar village is the Roerich art gallery, which houses the paintings of Nicholas Roerich as well as his scriptures.
Trekking : The valley is a nucleus to several trek routes. Some major ones are over the Chanderkhani Pass to Malana village, over the Jalori Pass to Shimla, and over the Pin Parvati Pass to Sarahan. The river Beas offers excellent opportunities for white water rafting.
Naggar Fairs and Festivals :
You can also be a part of the famous Naggar fair held at the amphitheater site in the month of April. Local villagers set up their shop on the fair site. All the families of the village and tourists from outside make a visit to this fair.
Nicholas Roerich
Nicholas Roerich was a Russian painter, writer, archaeologist, theosophist, perceived by some in Russia as an enlightener, philosopher, and public figure, who in his youth was influenced by a movement in Russian society around the occult. He was interested in hypnosis and other spiritual practices and his paintings are said to have hypnotic expression.
Born in Saint Petersburg, he lived in various places around the world until his death in Naggar. Trained as an artist and a lawyer, his main interests were literature, philosophy, archaeology, and especially art. Roerich was a dedicated activist for the cause of preserving art and architecture during times of war. He earned several nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize long list. The so-called Roerich Pact was signed into law by the United States and most nations of the Pan-American Union during April 1935.
Guests from Overseas, 1901 (Varangians in Rus').
Raised in late 19th century St. Petersburg, Roerich matriculated simultaneously at St. Petersburg University and the Imperial Academy of Arts during 1893. He received the title of "artist" during 1897 and a degree in law the next year. He found early employment with the Imperial Society for the Encouragement of the Arts, whose school he directed from 1906 to 1917. Despite early tensions with the group, he became a member of Sergei Diaghilev's "World of Art" society; he was president of the society from 1910 to 1916.
Artistically, he became known as his generation's most talented painter of Russia's ancient past, a topic that was compatible with his lifelong interest in archaeology. He also succeeded as a stage designer, achieving his greatest fame as one of the designers for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. His best-known designs were for Borodin's Prince Igor (1909 and later productions), and costumes and set for The Rite of Spring (1913), composed by Igor Stravinsky.
Another of Roerich's passions was architecture. His acclaimed publication "Architectural Studies" (1904–1905) – the dozens of paintings he completed of fortresses, monasteries, churches, and other monuments during two long trips through Russia—- inspired his decades-long career as an activist on behalf of artistic and architectural preservation.
During the first decade of the 1900s and in the early 1910s, Roerich, largely due to the influence of his wife Helena, developed an interest in eastern religions, as well as alternative (to Christianity) belief systems such as Theosophy. Both Roerichs became avid readers of the Vedantist essays of Ramakrishna and Vivekananda, the poetry of Rabindranath Tagore, and the Bhagavad Gita. The Roerichs' commitment to occult mysticism increased steadily. It was especially intense during World War I and the Russian revolutions of 1917, to which the couple, like many Russian intellectuals, accorded apocalyptic significance. The influence of Theosophy, Vedanta, Buddhism, and other mystical topics can be detected not only in many of his paintings, but in the many short stories and poems Roerich wrote before and after the 1917 revolutions, including the Flowers of Morya cycle, begun during 1907 and completed 1921.
Asian Expedition (1925–1929)
Roerich's family. (Kullu valley, India).
After leaving New York, the Roerichs – together with their son George and six friends – began the five-year-long 'Roerich Asian Expedition' that, in Roerich's own words: "started from Sikkim through Punjab, Kashmir, Ladakh, the Karakoram Mountains, Khotan, Kashgar, Qara Shar, Urumchi, Irtysh, the Altai Mountains, the Oyrot region of Mongolia, the Central Gobi, Kansu, Tsaidam, and Tibet" with a detour through Siberia to Moscow during 1926. Roerichs' Asian expedition attracted attention from the foreign services and intelligence agencies of the USSR, the United States, Great Britain, and Japan. In fact, prior to this expedition, Roerich himself solicited help of Soviet government and Bolshevik secret police to assist him in his expedition, promising in return to monitor British activities in the area, but received only a lukewarm response from Meer Trilisser, chief of the Soviet foreign intelligence at that time. On the one hand, the Bolsheviks assisted him with logistics when Roerich was traveling through Siberia and Mongolia. Yet, on the other hand, they refused to totally commit themselves to his reckless utopian project of the Sacred Union of the East – a spiritual utopia that boiled down to Roerich ambitious attempts to stir the Buddhist masses of inner Asia to create a highly spiritual cooperative commonwealth under the patronage of Bolshevik Russia. The official mission of this expedition, as Roerich put it, was to act as the embassy of Western Buddhism to Tibet. However, for Western media his expedition was presented as an artistic and scientific enterprise; Between the summer of 1927 and June 1928 the expedition was thought to be lost, since communication with them ceased for a year. They had been attacked in Tibet and only the "superiority of our firearms prevented bloodshed... In spite of our having Tibet passports, the expedition was forcibly stopped by Tibetan authorities." The expedition was detained by the government for five months, and forced to live in tents in sub-zero conditions and to subsist on meagre rations. Five men of the expedition died during this time. During March 1928 they were allowed to leave Tibet, and trekked south to settle in India, where they initiated a research center, the Himalayan Research Institute.
During 1929 Nicholas Roerich was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by the University of Paris. He received two more nominations during 1932 and 1935. His concern for peace resulted in his creation of the Pax Cultura, the "Red Cross" of art and culture. His work for this cause also resulted in the United States and the twenty other nations of the Pan-American Union signing the Roerich Pact on April 15, 1935 at the White House. The Roerich Pact is an early international instrument protecting cultural property.
Roerich was in India during the Second World War, where he painted Russian epic heroic and saintly themes, including: Alexander Nevsky, The Fight of Mstislav and Rededia and Boris and Gleb.[12]
During 1942, Roerich received Jawaharlal Nehru at his house in Kullu and Nehru's daughter, Indira Gandhi.Together they discussed the fate of the new world: "We spoke about Indian-Russian cultural association, – Roerich wrote, – it is time to think about useful and creative cooperation ...”.
Gandhi would later recall about several days spent together with Roerich's family: "That was a memorable visit to a surprising and gifted family where each member was a remarkable figure in himself, with a well-defined range of interests." ..."Roerich himself stays in my memory. He was a man with extensive
Roerich died on December 13, 1947.
Cultural legacy
Vice President of the United States Henry A. Wallace was a frequent correspondent and sometime advocate of Nicholas Roerich's teachings. Wallace became attracted to the idea of Sacred Union of the East, a spiritual and geopolitical utopia Nicholas and Helena Roerich contemplated to establish in the heart of Asia. Based on spiritual ideas, which the Roerichs claimed they received from otherworld masters, this utopia was to show the humankind a blueprint of ideal society. As the US Secretary of Agriculture, Wallace became so much interested in the whole project that he decided to sponsor the second Roerich expedition to Asia in 1933–1934. In the meantime, Helena Roerich was corresponding with US President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was intrigued by her "fiery letters." The whole project ended in a disaster and resulted in energetic efforts by Wallace and FDR to cut their ties with the Roerichs. The whole incident later partially resurfaced and became controversial when Wallace campaigned for President during 1948 and portions of the correspondence were printed by columnist Westbrook Pegler, becoming known as the Guru Letters,[16]
The minor planet 4426 Roerich in Solar System
Presently, the Nicholas Roerich Museum in New York City is a major institution for Roerich's artistic work. Numerous Roerich societies continue to promote his theosophical teachings worldwide. His paintings can be seen in several museums including the Roerich Department of the State Museum of Oriental Arts in Moscow; the Roerich Museum at the International Centre of the Roerichs in Moscow; the Russian State Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia; a collection in the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow; a collection in the Art Museum in Novosibirsk, Russia; an important collection in the National Gallery for Foreign Art in Sofia, Bulgaria; a collection in the Art Museum in Nizhny Novgorod Russia; National Museum of Serbia ; the Roerich Hall Estate in Nagar village in Kullu Valley, India; the Sree Chitra Art Gallery, Thiruvananthapuram, India; in various art museums in India; and a selection featuring several of his larger works in The Latvian National Museum of Art.
The minor planet 4426 Roerich in the Solar System was named in honor of Roerich.
During June 2013 during Russian Art Week in London, Roerich's Madonna Laboris sold at auction at Bonhams shop for £7,881,250 inc. buyer's premium, making it the most valuable painting ever sold at a Russian art auction.
Source : Wikipedia and others.
May Lord Ganesha bless you with Happiness, Peace & Prosperity!
Vinayaka Chaturthi is the Hindu festival celebrated on the occasion of birthday of Lord Ganesha, the son of Shiva and Parvati, who is believed to bestow his presence on earth for all his devotees in the duration of this festival. It is the day Shiva declared his son Ganesha as superior to all the gods. Ganesha is widely worshipped as the god of wisdom, prosperity and good fortune and traditionally invoked at the beginning of any new venture or at the start of travel.
Finally I am back on flickr. I was away as I had loads of Ganesha works pending. As promised, the colored picture of the Ganapathi is here. Please see the unpainted version of the similar idol here. This time we made around 27 of them. You can see the detailed pictures of other idols here
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