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Bodhisattva - 2006

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“Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.” ~ Buddha

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Pusalar - The 58th of 63 Nayanars (Tamil Sages) Artist: S. Rajam (1919 – 2010) Watercolor painting

Pusalar was a Shaiva, a devotee of the god Shiva. He wanted to create a grand temple for Shiva, but did not have the money to do so. Thus, Pusalar decided to build a temple to Shiva in his mind with his imagination.

He followed the rituals of temple-building, sanctified the ground and lay the first stone of his mind temple on an auspicious day. Over course of time, he completed his mind temple and selected a holy day for the Kumbhabhishekam ceremony, when the temple is consecrated and the image of God installed in the garbhagriha (sanctum sanctorum). (via Kauai’s Hindu Monastery and Himalayan Academy)

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A sculpted image of Nyoirin Kannon Bodhisattva (如意輪観音菩薩) dating to the 9th century at Kanshinji Temple (観心寺) in Osaka

Una imagen esculpida del Bodhisattva Nyoirin Kannon (如意輪観音菩薩) que data del siglo IX en el templo Kanshinji (観心寺) en la ciudad de Osaka

Image from Image from "貞観彫刻 (日本の美術7)" [Jōgan Sculpture (The Arts of Japan 7] by 倉田文作 [Kurata Bunsaku], published by 小学館 [Shōgakukan], 1971, page 96

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An illustration to a Ragamala series: Varari Ragini.  Awadh or Murshidabad, provincial Mughal, North India, late 18th. century.  Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper / 17.4 x 13.7cm.

Shiva sitting on a deer pelt, surrounded by mountains, an attendant holding a lotus to his side, the river Ganga spouting from his hair knot.  

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- A message from 23 nights temple -

“Today is the youngest day of your life. It's not too late, there are plenty of things you can do.”

-二十三夜堂からのメッセージ-

“今日があなたの人生で一ばん若い日です。これからでも遅くない、やれることはいくらでもあります。”

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The white domes of Chitral Mosque point upward to the 25,289' summit of Tirich Mir, the highest mountain in Pakistan's Hindu Kush Range, some 50 miles in the distance.

Ric Ergenbright

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“Himalayan Ambient” by Seoul The Soloist (2023)

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A Full Moon from the International Space Station.

📸 NASA

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Prayer Flags - Nepal, Himalayas Nepal

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Shiva and Parvati A circa 1830 Kangra image of ideal love — Shiva and Parvati. Despite its diminutive size at 5 ¾ x 4 7/8 in. (14.6 x 12.4 cm) (via Instagram: Kapoor Galleries Inc.)

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Kalam Patua

Renowned Kalighat painter, Kalam Patua was born on November 1, 1962 in Jhilli village, Murshidabad district of West Bengal. Kalam was born in the Patua community who skilled themselves as the scroll painters and wandered along the ghats of Kali temple in Kolkata in early 18th century to showcase their unique style of patachitra scroll paintings, which thereafter got the recognitions as kalighat paintings.

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Vastra Haran ~ circa 1800 ~ “Gopies implore Krishna to give back the clothes he stole from them while they were bathing..” ~ artist unknown

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Unknown. Depiction of a tantric feast, Himachal Pradesh, Nurpur, c. 1790.