Ranakpur Jain Temple

Ranakpur is a village located in Desuri Tahsil near Sadri town of Pali District of Rajasthan State. This Ranakpur located in between Jodhpur and Udaipur, in a valley on the Western side of the Aravali range mountains.  

Ranakpur is very well known for its magnificient Jain Temple. This Ranakpur Jain temple is dedicated to Adinatha.

This Ranakpur Jain temple construction was completed in the year 1458 AD. Light color marble stones are used for the construction of this magnificent temple. This temple complex is in the area of 60 x 62 meters and has its distinctive domes, sikharas,turrets and cupolas rises majistically from the slope of a hill with over 1444 marble pillars carved in exquisite detail to support the temple. Each of these pillars carved on unique style and design and no two pillars are the same alike. It is also believed that it is impossible to count the pillars. 

This Ranakpur Jain temple as Chaumukha with four faces.

This Ranakpur Jain temple is one of the finest architectural wonder of India. Also it is one of the important Jain Piligrimage centre.

The above text courtesy from the website of wikipedia.org  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranakpur

This is Greetings from Ranakpur post card in my collection. This Greetings from Ranakpur post card published Heritagebooks, Jaipur heritagebooksjpr@gmail.com and i am using this post card with their permission.

This is Ranakpur Jain Temple maxim card in my collection. Sri Hemanth Kumar Jain prepared this maxim card.

These are 2 different Ranakpur Jain temple vintage post cards in my collection.

Indian Paddy Fields vintage Russian Painting post card

This is Indian Paddy Fields vintage Russian Painting post card in my collection.

Goddess Durga Maatha vintage Russian painting post card

This is Goddess Durga Maatha vintage Russian painting post card in my collection.

Decorating Elephants vintage Russian painting post card

This is Decorating Elephants vintage Russian painting post card in my collection.

Diwali Festival Maxim Card

This is Diwali Festival Maxim Card in my collection.

Diwali is one of the important festival to the People of India. People in every part of India celebrated Diwali festival with full of joy and enthusiasm.

This Diwali Festival Maxim Card is cancelled Diwali postage stamp.

Srirangam Temple Gopuram special cover

This is Srirangam Temple Gopuram special cover in my collection.

This Srirangam Temple Gopuram special cover is issued in the year 1976 on the occasion of TRIPEX-76.

Thanjavur Art Plate special cover

This Thanjavur Art Plate special cover is in my collection.

This Thanjavur Art Plate special cover in the year 1975 on the occasion of TANAPEX'75. 

This Thanjavur Art Plate special cover depicts the rich art heritage of Thanjavur Art and Thanjavur Paintings.

Tribal Dances First Day Cover

This is Tribal Dances First Day Cover in my collection.

Warli Paintings Greetings Cards

These are several Warli Paintings Greetings Cards in my collection. I got them them from NARAD (National Rural Research and Development Association) which is a Charitable Organisation to help the Tribal Communities of Maharashtra in various aspects.

Warli tribe are a group of Tribal people living Western India. Many of Warli People living in and around in Thane District of Maharashtra State. Their Paintings were very artistic.

These are some of my Warli Paintings greetings cards.

Adivasi Lok Nritya special cover

Across the India there will be several Ethinic and Tribal Adivasi groups living in different areas. Each of these Adivasi Tribal group has its own culture and heritage. It has its unique life style. Some of the important Adivasi Tribal groups in India are Saharia, Bhil and Gondi tribes. Adivasi groups are living in Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chattisgarh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharasthra, Odisha, Tamilnadu, West Bengal and North Eastern Regions of India.

In my collection i have special cover of "Adivasi Lok Nritya" issued on the occassion of "BIPEX-79" in Jamshedpur.  This Adivasi Lok Nritya special cover depicts the  rich art and cultural heritage of Adivasi people and their traditional dresses, dances etc.

Lavani Nrutya (Lavani Dance) special cover

This is Lavani Nrutya (Lavani Dance) special cover in my collection.

This special cover issued on the occasion of MAHAPEX-2012 in Pune. This Lavani Nrutya special cover cancelled with the pictorial postmark of "Tuntuna" which is an instrument used in Lavani Nrutya.

Lavani Nrutya (Lavani Dance) is traditional dance form of Maharashtra State and Tuntuna is an instrument which is used in Lavani Nrutya.

Indian Miniature Paintings Post Cards

These are 2 different Indian Miniature Paintings Post Cards in my collection.

These Indian Miniature Paintings Post Cards are published by Heritage Books Jaipur. I am using these post cards with the permission of Heritage Books, Jaipur heritagebooksjpr@gmail.com because these post cards are copyright of Heritage Books.

Indian Miniature Paintings First Day Cover

This is Indian Miniature Paintings First Day Cover in my collection.

This Indian Miniature Paintings First Day Cover is issued on 5th May, 1973 and this First Day Cover has postage stamps of 4 different Miniature Paintings of India.

Classical Dance Performance with Divine Backgrounds

These are 4 different Classical Dance Performance with Divine Background photos.

In India dance is played one of the vital and key role in the life of the people. Many Indian people liked dance performances. There will be many different forms of dances existed in India.

Below are some of the Classical Dance Performance with Divine Background photos.

This is Classical Dance Performance photo with background of Jagadguru Adisankaracharya image.

This is Classical Dance Performance photo with background of Temple Gopuram.

This is Classical Dance Performance photo with background of Shankhu and Chakra.

This is Classical Dance Performance photo with background of Vimana.

 

My First Seminar on Indian Heritage and Culture

Today i am conducted my First Seminar on Indian Heritage and Culture at P.R.Government College (Atonomous), Kakinada.

P.R.Government College (Full name Pithapuram Maharaja College as Pithapuram Maharaja donated this place for construction of college in 19th Century) was established in 19th Century and has more than 100 years of history and within the college premises some of the buildings have constructed during the British period of 100 years back. I have completed my B.Com (Bachelor of Commerce) in this prestigious P.R.Govt. College, Kakianda in the year 1993.

2 weeks back i attended one seminar on Indian  Heritage conducted by INTACH (Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage) in P.R.Govt. College. At that time i met several INTACH members and also P.R.Govt. College Principal. I shown my collections etc. in INTACH seminar to other people and students particularly students were very curious and eagerly want to know something from my collection. At that time P.R.Govt. College Principal informed me as soon you are conducting one Seminar on Indian Heritage and Culture in our College Heritage Club.

Today P.R.Govt. College History Department Head invited me to give Seminar on Indian Heritage and Culture to their History students. Accordingly today morning i went to P.R.Govt. College and gave one Seminar there on Indian Heritage and Culture. 

This is my First Seminar on Indian Heritage and Culture. In the Seminar i am interacting with students on various aspects of Indian Heritage and also giving visual demonstration to them through LCD Projector. 

Below are some photos of my First Seminar on Indian Heritage and Culture which i gave today at P.R.Govt. College (Atonomous), Kakinada.

This is the first photo and here P.R.Govt. College(A) Principal addressing the students by giving some introduction about seminar.

This is the second photo and here i am addressing the  history students about various aspects of Indian Heritage and Culture.

In the below 3 photos i am interacting with students and asking questions to them and clarifying their doubts etc.

In the below photo i am standing in front of computer from where i am sharing several visuals on Monitor through LCD Projector and giving some information about each of those visuals.
 

 Below is the seminar concluding photo. Here P.R.Govt. College Principal giving me some compliment for presenting this Seminar to their History Students.