Nandi - The Sacred Bull and The Vehicle of Lord Shiva vintage postcards (శివుని వాహనమైన నందీశ్వరుని చిత్రముతో ఉన్న పాత పోస్టుకార్డులు)

These are  two different Nandi - The Sacred Bull and The Vehicle of Lord Shiva vintage postcards in my collection. These vintage postcards printed in 19th Century.

ఇవి నేను సేకరించిన శివుని వాహనమైన నందీశ్వరుని చిత్రముతో ఉన్న 2 పాత పోస్టుకార్డులు. ఈ పోస్టుకార్డులని 19 వ శతాభ్ధములో ముద్రించెను .

This is Nandikeshwar vintage postcard in my collection. This Nandikeshwar vintage postcard printed in Germany.

ఇది నా సేకరణలో ఉన్న నందికేశ్వరుని చిత్రముతో ఉన్న పాత పోస్టుకార్డు. ఈ పోస్టుకార్డు ని జర్మనీ లో ముద్రించెను.

This is Nandi (Bull) at Chamundi Hill Mysore vintage postcard in my collection.

ఇది నా సేకరణలో గల మైసూరు లోని చాముండి కొండ (Chamundi Hill) మీద ఉన్న నందీశ్వరుని విగ్రహము యొక్క చిత్రముతో ఉన్న పాత పోస్టుకార్డు. 

 

This is a special cover printed at TANAPEX-78 (Thanjavur National Philatelic Exhibition conducted i the year 1978) in my collection. This special cover contain the images of The Big Temple of Thanjavur Brihadeeswaralayam, The Sacred Bull Mandapa and a special image of The Bull of Thanjavur temple. 

ఇది నేను సేకరించిన తంజావూర్ బృహదేశ్వరాలయములో ఉన్న నందీశ్వరుని చిత్రముతో ఉన్న 1978 లో ముద్రించిన ప్రత్యేక తపాలా కవరు. ఈ కవరుని 1978 తంజావూరులో జరిగిన స్టాంపు సేకరణకర్తల ప్రదర్శన సందర్భములో ముద్రించితిరి.

This is photograph of Nandi statue at Ramappa Temple in Warangal District in my collection. Please look at the beauty of this Nandi sculpture. This Ramappa Temple Nandi statue remind us about the glory of the Sculptural Heritage of our Incredible India.

ఇది నేను సేకరించిన వరంగల్లు జిల్లాలో ఉన్న రామప్ప దేవలయములో ఉన్న నంది విగ్రహము (శిల్పమ) యొక్క పోటో. ఈ పోటోని గమనించినట్లయితే భారతీయ శిల్ప సంపద మరియు భారతీయుల యొక్క కళా తృష్ణ మనకు గుర్తుకు వస్తుంది.

Vishnu sculpture postcard

This is Vishnu sculpture postcard in my collection.

Birla Museum Bhopal printed this Vishnu sculpture postcard.

Bharhut Sculptures and Bharhut Stupa

Bharhut (Hindi: भरहुत), is a location in Satna district in Madhya Pradesh, Central India, known for famous relics from a Buddhist stupa.  The Bharhut sculptures represent some of the earliest examples of Indian and Buddhist art.

The Bharhut stupa may have been established by the Maurya King Ashoka in the 3rd century BCE, but many works of art were apparently added during the Sunga period, with many friezes from the 2nd century BCE. An epigraph on the gateway mention its erection "during the supremacy of the Sungas by Vatsiputra Dhanabhuti.

The ruined stupa is still at Bharhut, however the gateways and railings were dismantled and reassembled at Kolkata Museum. They contains numerous birth stories of the Buddha's  previous lives, or Jataka  tales. Many of them are in the shape of large, round medallions. Two of the panels are at the Smithsonian.

In confirmity with the early aniconic phase of Buddhist art, the Buddha is only represented through symbols, such as the Dharma wheel, the Bodhi tree, an empty seat, footprints, or the triratana symbol.

The style represents the earliest phase of Indian art. and all characters are depicted wearing the Indian dhoti, except for one foreigner, thought to be an Indo-Greek soldier, with Buddhist symbolism. The Bharhut carvings are slightly earlier than the Sanchi carvings and the earlier Ajanta frescoes.

An unusual feature of Bharhut panels is inclusion of text in the narrative panels, often identifying the individuals.

Alexander Cunningham visited Bharhut in 1873 and excavated the site in 1874. His assistant J. D. Beglar continued the excavation in 1874, and also took many photographs.

The complex at Bharhut included a medieval temple, containing a containing a colossal figure of Buddha, along with fragment of sculptures showing Buddha with images of Brahma, Indra etc. Beglar also photographed a 10th-century Buddhist Sanskrit inscription, about which now nothing is known. All the archaeological objects from the stupa have been moved to Calcutta's Indian Museum. No antiquities exist at Bharhut now.

The above text courtesy on Bharhut Sculptures and Bharhut Stupa from the website of wikipedia.org http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bharhut

These are some other sources about Bharhut Sculptures and Bharhut Stupta.

http://www.saylor.org/site/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Bharhut.pdf

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/64048/Bharhut-sculpture

In my collection i have some Bharhut Sculptures and Bharhut Stupa postcards.

This is Part of Railing of Stupa from Bharhut postcard.

This is Bharhut - The Dream of Maya postcard.

This is Bharhut - Presentation of Jetavana Monastery postcard.

This is Bharhut - Mahakapi-Jataka postcard.

This is Bharhut - Chhadamtiya-Jataka postcard.

This is Bharhut Goddess Sirima and Yakshi Sudasana Statues postcard.

Konark Main Temple Part View postcard of Archaeological Survey of India

This is Konark Main Temple Part View postcard published by Archaeological Survey of India is in my collection.

Mahadeva Statue of Elephanta caves postcard

This is Mahadeva Statue of Elephanta caves postcard in my collection.

This postcard printed by Archaeological Survey of India.

Arsenal in Tanjore Fort vintage print

This is Arsenal in Tanjore Fort vintage photographic print in my collection.

Beautiful Indian Sculpture vintage Russian Painting Postcard

This is Beautiful Indian Sculpture vintage Russian Painting Postcard in my collection.

Pondicherry Temple Gopuram Vintage French India Postcard

This is Pondicherry Temple Gopuram Vintage French India Postcard in my collection.

This temple gopuram has carved with beautiful and magnificent sculptures.

The Brihadeeswarar Temple of Thanjavur

This is Thanjavur Brihadeeswarar Temple vintage postcard in my collection. 

This Thanjavur Brihadeeswarar Temple vintage postcard used in the year 1910 in France.

The Brahadeewarar temple, called the Big Temple, is dedicated to Lord Siva. It was built by the great Chola King Raja Raja 1 (985 -1012 A.D). it is an outstanding exmple of Chola architecture. 

The Brihadeeswara temple is one of the few great Indian monuments listed in UNESCO's World Heritage list of historical sites and monuments.

The 64. 8 Mt. tall vimanam (tower over the sanctum sanctorum) is testimony to the engineering skill of the Cholas. In keeping with the size of the temple, it has gigantic “Mahalingam” in the shrine, measuring 4 meters in height. A monolithic Nandhi chiseled out of a single rock, measures 5. 94 meters in length, 2.51 metres in breadth and 3.66 meters in height. it is the second largest Nandhi in India. The Nandhi or bull is the vehicle of Lord Siva. Beautiful Chola fresco paintings adorn the inner walls of the Temple. One of the outstanding temples in South India, the Brahadeeshwarar temple is the  Chola dynast’s finest contribution to Dravidian temple architecture. What makes the construction so unique is the variation from the usual temple building style of having a tall gopuram and smaller vimanam. At the Big Temple the vimanam asoars high while the gopuram is smaller. The 64. 8m tall, 14 tier pyramid shaped vimanam raised from a square base is topped by a huge monolithic cupola carved from an 81.3 tonne block of granite. It was raised with the aid of a 6 km long inclined plane. 

The Brihadeeswarar temple is the major center of tourist attraction at Thanjavur. This temple is one of India's most prized architectural sites.The 'Vimana' - or the temple tower - is 216 ft (66 m) high and is among the tallest of its kind in the world. Thanjavur is the ancient capital of the Chola kings. King Rajaraja Chola constructed the Brihadeeswara Temple in 10th century AD and the architect Sama Varma designed it. Thanjavur was the center of learning during 10th to 14th century AD.

The Brihadisvarar temple in Thanjavur, the most important among the hundreds of temples built by the Chola emperors, has reached a milestone: a thousand years of existence. 

More information about Brihadeeswarar Temple is available in wikipedia.org website http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanjavur

On 26th September,2010 Tamilnadu State Postal Department issued Postal Stamp issued a postage stamp featuring The Brihadeeswarar temple of Thanjavur to commemmorate the 1000th Year Celebrations of this Great Temple. An Indian monuments listed in UNESCO’s World Heritage list of historical sites and monuments.

On that day Post Master General, Central Region (TN), Tiruchirapalli has issued a set of 3 picture postcards to commemorate millennium celebrations of the Brihadeeswarar temple at Thanjavur. Set of three cards is priced at Rs. 15 (Rs. 5 each). An advertisement for the forthcoming INDIPEX 2011 Exhibition with logo is also placed on all three cards.

In my collection i have these 3 picture postcards issued by Tamilnadu Postal Department. 

Alongwith postal stamp Government also minted 5 rupees commemmorative coin on the occasion of 1000th Year Celebrations of this Great Temple.  In my collection i have a piece of this commemorative coin also.

This is Brihadeeswarar Temple photo from a vintage book on Indian Heritage and Culture in my collection.

This is Thanjavur Temple with Nandi special cover in my collection. This special cover issued on the occasion of TANAPEX'78 (Philateic exhibition) on 6th February, 1978.

This is Thanjavur Art Plate special cover in my collection. This special cover issued on the occasion of TANAPEX'75 (Philateic exhibition) on 6th September, 1975.

 This is Goddess Saraswati Maatha statue of Brihadesswarar Temple postcard issued by Archaeological Survey of India is in my collection.

Archaeology Postcards of Indian Museum Kolkata

These are set of 6 Archaeology Postcards published by Indian Museum Kolkata in my collection.

This is the cover of this Archaeology Postcards set of Indian Museum Kolkata.

This is Buddha statue from Mathura postcard in this Archaeology postcards set.

This is Dishvelled Lady statue from Khajuraho postcard in this Archaeology postcards set.

This is Lion Pillar Capital statue from Rampurva Bihar postcard in this Archaeology postcards set.

This is Maya's Dream statue from Bharhut postcard in this Archaeology postcards set.

This is Salabhanjika statue from Sanchi postcard in this Archaeology postcards set.
 

This is Yakshi statue from Bhuteswara Mathura postcard  in this Archaeology postcards set.