Indian Stamp On Veenai Dhanammal 2010

Veenai Dhanammal (1867-1938) was a highly accomplished Carnatic musician, and the torchbearer of the school of Carnatic music that goes by her name. She was both a vocalist and a performer on the veena. The prefix "Veena" in her name is an indicator of her exceptional mastery of that instrument.

Dhanammal was born in George Town, Madras (now Chennai), into a family of professional musicians and dancers. Her grandmother Kamakshi was a reputed dancer, and her mother was a vocalist who trained under Subbaraya Shastri, the son of Shyama Shastri of the Carnatic music composer trinity. In addition to training by her family members, Dhanammal also learned from Balakrishnayya (Baladas) Naidu, a blind musician

 

Indian Stamp On Thanjavur Balasaraswati 2010

  

Indian Postal Department today released set of 3 stamps on Indian Musicians of yesteryears.Musician Depicted on the stamp is Thanjavur Balasaraswati.

Thanjavur Balasaraswati was a seventh generation representative of a traditional matrilineal family of musicians and dancers who have been described as the greatest single repository of the traditional performing arts of music and dance of the southern region of India Her anscestor Papammal was a musician and dancer patronized in the mid-eighteenth century by the court of Thanjavur. Her grandmother Vina Dhanammal (1867-1938) is considered by many to be the most influential musician of the early twentieth century. Her mother, Jayammal (1890-1967) was a singer who encouraged the training of Balasaraswati and was Balasaraswati's accompanist.

Balasaraswati created a revolution in hereditary music and dance for bharata natyam, a combination of the performance arts of music and dance. Balasaraswati learned music within the family from her infancy, and her rigorous training in dance was begun when she was four under the distinguished dance teacher K. Kandappan Pillai, a member of the famed Thanjavur Nattuvanar family. Her younger brothers were the musicians T. Ranganathan and T. Viswanathanwho would both become prominent performers and teachers in India and the United States. Her daughter, Lakshmi Knight (1943-2001), became a distinguished performer of her mother's style. Her grandson Aniruddha Knight continues to perform the family style today, and is artistic director of Bala Music and Dance Association in the United States and the Balasaraswati School of Dance in India. Her son-in-law Douglas M. Knight, Jr has written her biography with the support of a Guggenheim Fellowship (2003).

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Indian Stamp On T.N.Rajarathinam Pillai 2010

The Postal Department  released on December 03rd 2010 a set of 3 stamps on Famous musicians of yesteryears

Nadaswara Chakravarthi, T. N. Rajarathinam Pillai was born to a distinguished family of musicians. Coming of a long line of famous nadaswara vidwans ( a group of people called "Isai Vellalars" - meaning people of music) T. N. Rajarathinam Pillai grew up in the cradle of music, fed on music. No wonder he showed signs of his budding interest and sang songs in his fresh young voice.

When he grew old enough to have rigorous tuition, his uncle Thirumarugal Natesa Pillai ( a very famous nadaswara vidwan unrivaled in his raga elaboration) took him in hand and gave him regular lessons.  Shri T. N. Rjarathinam Pillai was also taught by the incomperable Thirukodikaval Krishna Iyer, who fine tuned and elevated his music to a level that propelled TNR to lofty heights in Carnatic music

Luckily for young Rajarathinam the lessons were so modeled as to give him intimate knowledge and grasp of the ragas and the compositions in them. As in the case of human voice each one having a special timbre in the voice, in nadaswaram also Rajarathinam had a particularly attractive timbre in the tone o f his instrument. His name and fame spread far wide very quickly and at a time when there were very eminent nadeswara vidwans, he shot up to such eminence that he was universally voted Nadaswara Chakravarthi.

 

 

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Indian Stamps On Himalayan Flowers 1982

 

Meconopsis aculeata featured On 35 Paise Stamp is a blue-flowered thorny species of the genus Meconopsis with a small geographical distribution restricted to specific areas of Pakistan and India, in the west Himalayas. The species was described from specimens collected  by Royle in 1833.The species is highly valued as a medicinal plant and the resulting demand for the plant as medicine has placed pressure on wild populations due to over-collection.

Inula grandiflora featured On 1Re stamp is also known as The Showy Inula, a member of the Sunflower family.It is found from Kashmir to Nepal at altitudes of 1,800 to 3,600 meters. It is a stout, hairy perennial herb, 45 to 125 cm. tall, with aromatic roots, and sessile, serrulate, glandular, elliptic-oblong to subcordate leaves, 5 to 11 cm. long. The orange-yellow flowers measures 12 cm across, and are rarely borne in profusion in June

Arisaema featured on 2Rs stamp is a genus of about 150 species in the flowering plant family Araceae, native to eastern and central Africa, Asia and eastern North America. Its species are often called Cobra lilies, particularly the Asiatic species.Another species Arisaema tortuosum is found in the Western Ghats and northern parts of India. This is commonly called whipcord cobra lily and by many other names in the Indian subcontinent.

Saussurea obvallata, also known as Brahma Kamal, is a species of flowering plant named after Brahma, the Hindu god of creation. It is native to the Himalayas, India, Northern Burma and South-West China. In Himalayas, it is found at an altitude of around 4500 m.The plant is considered an herb in Tibetan medicine. Its name is Sah-du Goh-ghoo.It has a bitter taste, promotes heat. Used to treat paralysis of the limbs and cerebral ischemia. The entire plant is used. It is endangered because people are cutting it down for their own use, it is found in the region of the Himalayas. This flower blooms once a year during nighttime

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Indian Stamp On Kamlapat Singhania 2010

Indian Postal Department has released a stamp on Kamlapat Singhania on 1st December 2010.

Born in 1884, Kamlapat Singhania catalysed a tidal wave of industrial regeneration and social engineering in pre-independent North India.

Kamlapat Singhania  was Swadeshi at heart and he believed, What Englishmen can do, we can do better. As a result In the early decades of the twentieth century, J.K. Cotton Spinning & Weaving Mills Co. Ltd. produced yarn and cloth that rivalled best imports from Manchester. Between 1921 and 1934, Lala Kamlapat Singhania set up multiple businesses and factories, reinforcing the foundation of J.K. Organisation. He was also a staunch nationalist and participated with vigour in the freedom movement, besides playing a role in uniting the business community and facilitating various industry bodies and associations.

Stamp On C Subramaniam 2010

The Indian Postal department has released a stamp of C Subramanium on November 28th.2010.C.Subramanium was Bharat Ratna Awardee as well.

C. Subramanium depicted on the stamp was born on January 30, 1910, to Chidambara Gounder and his wife, in a village called Senguttaipalayam. Subramaniam completed his early education in Pollachi before moving to Chennai where he did a B.Sc in Physics at the Presidency College, Chennai. Later he took a degree in law at the Law college, Chennai.

C.Subramaniam was trained in the rudiments of politics and administration. He was a Minister (Education, Law and Finance) in the then Madras State from 1952 to 1962. He was the Leader of the House in the Madras Legislative Assembly for 10 years from 1952. He was elected to the Lok Sabha in 1962 and was the Minister for Steel and Mines. Subsequently, he handled important portfolios like agriculture (in 1965 when he spearheaded the Green Revolution), and later the portfolios of Finance and Defence. He was the finance minister during the emergency. He also worked as the deputy chairperson of the planning commission of India.

When the historic split in the Congress took place in 1969, he cast his lot with Indira Gandhi and became the interim president of the faction she headed. He stood by her when she clamped the Emergency in 1975, but parted ways later and joined the Congress (Urs) faction led by Devraj Urs

C. Subramaniam was appointed Governor of Maharashtra in 1990. He transformed the Raj Bhavan into a beehive of activity by holding frequent meetings with leading academics, industrialists, representatives of non-governmental organisations and prominent citizens on issues crucial to the community. He had to resign after a newspaper reporter overheard and published an informal remark of his criticising the style of functioning of the then Indian Prime Minister, Mr P.V. Narasimha Rao.

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Stamps On Orchids Of India 1991

   

Orchid Depicted On 1 Rupee Stamp is Cymbidium aloifolium

Cymbidium aloifolium is found in dry decidious forests in tree trunk and branches, mossy rocks, rotting wood, and leaf litter of open areas with partial shade. The plant is found at elevations of 0 to 1500 meters in Guangdong, Hong Kong, China; Bangladesh; eastern Himalayas; Assam India; Nepal; Sri Lanka; Andaman Islands; Myanamar; Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; Malaysia; Java and Sumatra.

Orchid Depicted On 2.50 Rs Stamps is Paphiopedilum venustum

Paphiopedilum venustum also known as Venus's shoe seems quite flawless : it is decorative not only for its flowers but also its leaves ;its proportions are ideal and the species ' cultivation demands are manageable by any beginner . From the historical point of view ,it holds one primacy : it was the first Venus's shoe ever to bloom in Europe (in England in 1819 ) . The plant forms dense clusters of several leaf rosettes; the leaves are dark green ,and red on the bottom . The spike bears a single flower and it reaches a length of 6 in /15 cm . The upper sepal is white with pronounced green stripes ,the blunt-edged petals are wine-red on the ends and embellished with several conspicuous dark papillae . The lip is adorned with an intense brown -and -green marbling . Grow the species the same as P. insigne . The flowers are enjoyed in the winter .O. Venustum comes from the Himalayas .

Orchid Depicted On 3 Rs Stamps is Aerides crispum

Aeris Crispum is Indian species. The unusual saddle shaped lip is distinctive of this species. Easy enough to grow, best grown in a small basket in a well drained media with good ventilation, as it is intolerant of stale air conditions. Grows somewhat on the dry side in the cooler months.

Orchid Depicted On 4 Rupees Stamps is Cymbidium bicolour

Plants are found growing on trees in the semi deciduous forest of India,Southern China, Vietnam, Pennisular Malaysia, Borneo, Sulawesi, Java, Sumatra and the Philippines at elevations of 800 to 1100 meters

Plant should be grown in cool to warm areas with medium to bright light. Pot with bark and perlite. Plant prefers dry periods between watering. Reduce watering during the winter. Water about once a week.

Orchid Depicted On 5 Rupees Stamp is Vanda spathulata
Vanda spathulata is an endemic and exquisite orchid of Peninsular India and Sri Lanka

Orchid Depicted On 650 Rupees Stamp is Cymbidium devonianum
Cymbidium devonianum is found growing on trees and mossy rocks in Assam and Meghalaya India, eastern Himalayas, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam at elevations of 1450 to 2200 meters

Cymbidium devonianum was first flowered in the collection of the Duke of Devonshire Chatworth, Britain in 1843.It was first collected by Gibson in the Khasia Hills of North India in 1837.The species was later described by Paxton in the Magazine of Botany in 1843.In 1983 The species was discovered growing in the scrublands containing Rhodendron lyi and Agapetes saxicola Northern Thailand by Du Puy and Seidenfaden.