Wednesday, August 1, 2018
Monday, June 16, 2014
Bodhisattva
stamp
A person who has attained Enlightenment, but who postpones Nirvana in order to
help others to attain Enlightenment: individual Bodhisattvas are the subjects of devotion in certain sects and are often represented in painting and sculpture.
1-anna stamp depicts the Bodhisattva statuem but the image is reverse left-right. A corrected version of the stamp was issued in 1950.
I have few
such stamps in my collection. It is shown below:
Friday, June 13, 2014
Royal pictures
Royal pictures
I don’t know anything about the pictures that adorned the
personal room of my father .They may be royal communities. I got two such pictures in my share during
dividing the belongings of my parent after them. If anybody interested to buy
these pictures, they may contact me through this e-mail: meydhanam@gmail.com
Date of Issue:18/02/1973 |
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Postage Stamp
Dinomination:0.20 ps
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Postal Stamp Name: Sri
Ramkrishna Paramhamsa
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A great spiritual
luminary of India of the 19th century, Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa was born
of poor but pious parents at Kamarpukur in Wext Bengal on the 18th February,
1936. From a very early age, he showed signs of a spiritual bent of mind. The
first experience of 'Samadhi' came to him when he was about ten years old- it
was inspired by the sight of a flight of cranes under a dark-blue cloud. He
spent major part of his life in the temple of Kali at Dakshineshwar, a suburb
of Calcutta. . Kali became a living companion to this young man who, to all
appearance, was mad. In his 23rd year he was married to a young girl, Sarada,
but their life remained free from physical pleasures. Sri Sarada Devi affectionately
known as the Holy Mother, accepted him as her Guru and carried on the work as
laid down by him. Having successfully practised the discipline of the various
religious cults of India and proved the efficacy of different paths in
realising God, his attention was turned to the faiths of Islam and
Christianity.His efforts were rewarded with the realisation of the Divine. Narendranath who later became the world-famous Swami
Vivekanand, was one of the most important disciples of Sri Ramakrishna
Paramahansa and after the Master's passing away on 16th August, 1886, he
founded the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission. Sri Ramakrishna
Paramahansa symbolised the efflorescence of the Indian spiritual life. The
unity in diversity still alive in India because of the spreading of social moral
linked with faith on god by Ramkrishna Math.The P & T Department feels
honoured to bring out a commemorative stamp of this prophet of New India.
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Stamp Type:Commemorative
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Stamp Overall Size;3.91x2.90
cms
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Postal Stamp Print
Size:3.56x2.5 cms
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Indian Stamp's Color:
Brown
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