Thursday, January 26, 2012

Do you remember a poster from the 60s?

that had a drawing of a woman with brilliantly colored flowers flowing out of her head and said Take A Trip To Lotus Land?



I had that poster, and I was looking for a copy of it. I haven't been able to find it anywhere. I thought it was iconic, but I sure am not finding it for sale on e-bay, etc.



Anybody remember that? Anybody seen one?



I think the main background color was maybe indigo.

Do you remember a poster from the 60s?
I personally don't remember it but try:



www.allposters.com

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  • Tuesday, January 24, 2012

    Do you remember a poster from the 60s?

    that had a drawing of a woman with brilliantly colored flowers flowing out of her head and said Take A Trip To Lotus Land?



    I had that poster, and I was looking for a copy of it. I haven't been able to find it anywhere. I thought it was iconic, but I sure am not finding it for sale on e-bay, etc.



    Anybody remember that? Anybody seen one?



    I think the main background color was maybe indigo.

    Do you remember a poster from the 60s?
    Here it is

    http://catalog.quittenbaum.de/object_det...
    Reply:I don't remember that one exactly, but you reminded me of a poster I bought in 1969. It was an 1890's Art Nouveau, depicting Sarah Bernhardt and was by Alphonse Mucha. It was so lovely. There was a lot of interest at that time in French Art Nouveau posters. A lot of Mucha and Toulouse-Lautrec posters were reprinted. Thanks for the memory.
    Reply:I sure do remember it, but haven't seen one since. I'm going to check out that poster link above that was suggested. I remember the "Keep On Truckin" poster, but that was in the early 70's.
    Reply:Here's a link to 60s posters...you should be able to find it there... I wish you luck!!



    http://www.sixtiesposters.com


    Which is the best trip have you undertaken till date ?

    Hampi was not on our radar, while traveling to Chitradurga Fort, we planned for just a weekend getaway from Bangalore by car. After finishing the trip to Kalline Kote, we instinctively decided why not rush to Hampi? It is just 150 kms away, with small stretch of 18 kms of bad road before Kudilgi on NH 13.



    I happened to visit during 1978 along with my parents. In those days, it was typical village with a rustic atmosphere. There was not much interest among the tourist to visit this place, which was known as ruined city, without any guide we wandered cluelessly and we landed in the peak of summer to add to our discomfort. The only distinct memory was that of Inverted Gopuram of Virupakasha temple.



    After a gap of nearly 30 years I find that a new civilization has emerged. Perhaps after Hampi being declared a world heritage site in 1987, a mind blowing transformation has taken place at Hampi. It is as if history is being re-written, with guides, autorikshaw round trip, bike guides, and professional tour operators unleashing knowledge to tourists.



    There are exists lot of similarities between POMPEII %26amp; HAMPI. The common features are :

    1. Road Network 2. Water Management 3. Temple construction 4. Public functions 5. Common Bath 6. Cultural Festivity 7 Art %26amp; Sculpture 8. Well defined markets.9 Brothels Lane.



    Trading activity were carried out between various parts of the world in both the periods. We find gems %26amp; jewellery being traded in the bazaars. All household articles such as pottery, grains, vegetables, fruits, beetlenut, flowers etc were being traded. Further brothel lanes were located in the bazaar for the visitors and artisans from outstation.



    Our first point of visit was Virupaksha temple which was guided by a foreigner, because we ignored the offer to be guided @ Rs 400/- for a trip, which we thought was exhorbitant. We entered the Virupaksha temple without any enterance fee ( between 6.30 to 8 am it is free entry) The sheer grandeur started unraveling. On the left there is a sanctum which is occupied by tourists for changeover, which is really surprising. The main temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva, who is supposed to have been captivated by the dedication of Pampadevi. Lord Shiva consented to marry Pampa in his avatar as Virupaksha, the presiding deity.



    Behind the Virupaksha temple lies a room wherein we can view the inverted image of the main tower through a pin hole. It is application of Periscope principle.



    The bazaar in front of the Virupakasha temple is proposed to be shifted to another place to maintain the heritage look. The proposed shopping centre will be the main reporting centre for Hampi excursion. An organized trip with eco friendly mode of transport would be ideal. Further a fixed guide charges would be also be ideal depending on no of spots toured or time spent concept.



    After Virupaksha temple visit we walked across a lane adjescent to the right, just on a blinder, towards Hemkunta hill. Here one is astounded by the skills of rock carving work station.. It is like a canvas on which artist exhibits his painting. The granite was the main raw material for most types of monumental construction at the site – which was abundant in and around Hampi for over 200 kms. Traditionally, granite blocks were split by first cutting rows of closely spaced cubical holes into which wooden wedges were pounded. When wetted, the wedges expanded, thereby propagating deep cracks through the stone which split as per dimension required by the artisans.



    We found almost four temples, one was literally filled with water on the entrance, and other not so prominent temples, maybe created for low strata people of the times, even the poojary of the temple just gave us some insight, for which he was suitably tipped. The overnight heavy rain had made the rocky surface quite slippery, it was an adventure to climb Hemkunta hillock. The entire Hampi area, is visible in all its panaromic view. There is an acropolis type of two storey structure maybe for the kings to view. There is no description on this monument to my surprise.



    Once you start climbing down the steps which is neatly chiseled on the rocks it is adventurers delight, a neat landscaped garden leads to Sasvikalu Ganesha. It is a monolithic exposure of Lord Ganesha which is barricaded to prevent vandalism.

    Next we walk across we, come to Dodda Ganesh, which is again vandalized by Sultans, it is now a crude form, luckily the sanctum and veranda in not pillaged, the sculptures are exhuberance of dance and drama of the bygone era. Ugra Narasimha monolithic statue is located nearby along with Badavi Linga installed by a poor women.





    We got to know that autorikshaw guides are available @ Rs 250/- to take us around and we decided to hire such a guide. He spent 3 hours taking us around all the important landmark starting from Hemkunt Dodda Kalu Ganesh, Sasive Ganesh, Ugra Narasimha, Badavi Linga, Veerabhadra Temple, Lotus Mahal, Elephant’s Stable, Mahanavami Dibba, Hazaar Rama Temple %26amp; Vittala Temple.



    At the Mahanavmi Dibba, a celebration for Nine days was unfolded by the royalty. The king witnessed the cultural programmes such as folk dances, puppet show, fancy dress, fireworks, military parade, procession of horses and elephants, beginning with pooja to lord Durga. Even today the Government of Karnataka is trying to recreate the tradition of Vijayanagar empire by organizing HAMPI UTSAV in November first week every year.



    The Sultans wanted to build their own architectural edifice to match Vijaynagar rulers, Lotus Mahal, a summer resting palace was created. It had its own pond to cool the surroundings. Behind the Lotus Mahal, Elephant stables in 11 domed structure is built to house the royal animal. Once again this area is barricaded for renovation. Behind this stable if one is adventurous one can go on a trek to visit a temple winding into a mini forest. There is a small temple by the side of Lotus temple which on the outer wall of Lotus Mahal.



    After disposing the auto guide. We visited independently visited the balance places Sri Krishna temple, where one notices the vandalism of Sultans, who literally burnt down the temple along with people. It is rarely visited by tourist, the sculpture work is marvelous.



    Then went around back to Hazaar Rama temple, which is the ultimate exposure of the skills of the artisans on rock hewn walls, temples and pillars. It is a culmination of the golden era of Vijaynagar empire. It looks as if the Kings got into a mode of celeberation of life, without warfare. We find scenes from the epics Ramayana, hunting scenes, battleground warfare, courtesans entertaining the kings, hunting scene in olden days and in general description of all day to day events in the life of the royalty.



    The underground Shiva temple is a marvel. It is fed by water channels, which have entered the temple premises due to lack of conservation effort. Will ASI do some quick thinking otherwise it meet the fate of Musical pillar at Vittala temple.



    Museum at Kamalapura houses some of the restored sculptures and various other pieces of artwork is stored. Many foreign travelers scourge HAMPI in their quest for the hidden treasures of HAMPI by camping months together. Someday, someone is bound to hit the jackpot. Till then Hampi literally rocks.

    Which is the best trip have you undertaken till date ?
    My best trip? Living and cruising for a year on a sailboat.
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    Reply:You don't actually think anyone read this do you ?:))
    Reply:I didn't read all that, but my answer: I slept outside!



    Exciting, right?
    Reply:jeeze you didn't expect us to read all that? me - russia, 1984
    Reply:For me It was Shimla(Himalayan Hill Station)....2006 it was awesome





    Cheers
    Reply:Europe and North Africa were awesome!
    Reply:i went to hong kong in 2002, i loved it! wanna maybe live there oneday.
    Reply:Its too bad of u i can not able to read all those thing but anyway my answer is i went to hong kong in 2002.it was nice place to see
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    Reply:A month back I went to VAranasi,GAya,and Haridwar all nice places,recently I had been to Rameswaram that is also nice.
    Reply:My best trip ever was the delhi trip.Not only Delhi but manali,chandighar,banglore,hyderabad etc


    Blogger layout help?

    I really want to use this blogger layout, but when I tried to put it on my blog, the flowers showed through the picture on my header and made everything look bad. Can someone please examine the code and see what I can do to keep a solid red box and white font without flowers showing through? Thank you so, so, so, so much!!! :)



    http://www.pyzam.com/bloggertemplates/de...

    Blogger layout help?
    In the header section:



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    Change your opacity values to something you like: http://www.quirksmode.org/css/opacity.ht...


    Help with Wonderland in Kingdom hearts...?

    Ok in wonderland after I defeated the castle and cards i went back to Lotus forest. It said to get a potion and give it to one of the flowers to get bigger but i used the potion to revive donald before and now i don't know what to do. Help please.

    Help with Wonderland in Kingdom hearts...?
    After you defeat the cards and try to save Alice...Go back into the Forest and there should be a boulder grow big and push it into the pond...which will make lilypads rise...and you will be able to go into a new area



    I Hope That Helped



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    Solve this?

    There is a fixed number of lotuses in a pond. Few number of birds came to sit on the flower.When each bird sat on each flower one bird didn't get a flower to sit. When a pair of birds sat on each flower, one flower was vacant. Now say,how many flowers and birds where there?

    Solve this?
    Four Birds and Three Flowers
    Reply:3 lotuses, 4 birds
    Reply:There are 4 birds and 3 flowers.


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  • Aptitude question??pls help very urgent?

    i have 100$.and I ahve to buy 100 flowers.if the cost of the flowers r as below and i have to buy in all 100 flowers,then what r the quantities of each of them.

    rose=5$ each

    jasminie=1$ each

    20 lotus for 1$

    Aptitude question??pls help very urgent?
    19 roses

    80 lotus

    1 jasmine





    hahaha



    19 roses = 95 $

    80 lotus = 4 $

    1 jasmine = 1 $



    95 + 4 + 1 = 100 $

    19 roses + 80 lotus + 1 jasmine = 100 flowers
    Reply:Let the number of roses be x

    Let the number of jasmines be y

    Let a group of 20 lotuses be m

    x+y+20m=100

    5x+y+m=100

    4x-19m=0

    4x=19m

    x=19m/4

    Multiply the first equation by 5

    5x+5y+100m=500

    5x+y+m=100

    4y+99m=400

    y=(400-99m)/4

    (x,y,m) is (19m/4,(400-99m)/4,m)

    In 19m/4,

    You must have a multiple of 4 for m in order to have a whole number on 19m/4

    So, Let us try m=4 and it works!!

    Solution:

    19roses

    1jasmine

    80lotuses
    Reply:8 rose...

    30 jasmine...

    600 lotus....