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Mermaid on Sivakasi matchbox (via pilllpat (agence eureka))

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Where do most spices come from? -  WTF fun facts

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26 Dishes for Gods own feast-ival! Onam

Gods Own Feast-ival! The comprehensive guide to making your own Onam Sadya

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Exploring the Meenakshi Amman Temple in Madurai, India

For more photos and videos from the temple, browse the #Meenakshi hashtag and explore the Meenakshi Amman Temple location page.

In the center of Madurai, the oldest city in India’s southern state of Tamil Nadu, the Meenakshi Amman Temple stands as a mythological and architectural symbol of the region. Initially founded in ancient times and rebuilt to reflect urban planning methods around the 17th century, the Hindu temple is dedicated to the legendary Goddess Meenakshi and her husband Lord Sundareswara (also known as Parvati and Shiva).

The 18 hectare (45 acre) temple complex consists of 12 pyramid-shaped gopurams, or traditional gateway towers, which measure as tall as 50 meters (164 feet) in height. These towers are erected along the outer and inner walls of the temple and are decorated with thousands of carved figures from roof to the floor, each representing gods, demons, heroes and animals appearing in Hindu myths. Other attractions of the premises include shrines for Meenakshi and Sundareswarar, magnificent hallways and the Golden Lotus Temple tank. The temple is home to around 50 priests and a number of annual Hindu festivals, making it an active place of worship as well as a major tourist attraction of Southern India.

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(via Keltainen talo rannalla: Boho chic-koti)

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pungency, spice, filth and night, dust and light; all things dark did blossom in sight; flower and bloom, the night has its pearl too—the moon!

—r.payne

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sandalwood syrup recipe, how to make sandalwood sherbet recipe dassana amit, vegrecipesofindia.com

sandalwood syrup or sandalwood sherbet recipe – a cooling and thirst quenching drink to beat the heat. in my part of the world we are still reeling with heat and waiting for the rains.i have seen sandalwood syrups in supermarkets but…

Looks refreshing! Sandalwood summer delight http://flip.it/QqKCk

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The 24 Alphabets of Kathakali.

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The Egg Painter, a beautiful profile of Elena Craciunescu and the traditional Easter egg painting that she skillfully enjoys in a small village in Romania’s northern region of Bukovina. Filmed by Prague-based Titus-Armand.

A friend of ours just recently learned how to create eggs like these. In Ukrainian, the folk art is called Pysanky, from the word pysanka and the verb pysaty, meaning to write. In this case, the writing is in beeswax, similar to batik. It’s a traditional art form in many countries across Eastern Europe.

You can read more at NPR’s The Salt, see more examples at Katya Trischuk’s Etsy Shop, and yay! There’s a DIY at Instructables.

In the archives: more eggs and a few more cultural traditions.

via @Colossal.

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The Look of Love #1: Mira Nair's Monsoon Wedding (2001)

For a decade, ever since her parents died, Ria Verma (Shefali Shetty) has lived in the household of her beloved uncle and aunt'€™s f...

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