I am participating in the April AtoZ Blogging challenge and my theme is Plants featured on Indian Stamps. This is my eight attempt at the AtoZ and the focus is on plants.
My theme is inspired by an online talk by Daniel L Nikrent - of Cornell University, USA held by Maharashtra Vriksha Samvardhini about Parasitic Flowering Plants featured on Stamps.
I am not a stamp collector nor a fan of stamps. Hence almost all my posts are purely based on research on the internet. I have tried to cross check the info before posting here. Please do share correct info and links to the same in case of discrepancy.
India Post has a very strong network reaching deep deep into the interiors of the country and I depended on it for news from home when we were posted in far away places. In this age of smartphones, Internet, how many of us really write letters - snail mail as they are now called? Despite this , I find that new stamps are being issued and we have stamps on diverse topics including Armed Forces, Films, Personalities, Wildlife, Handlooms, Handicrafts and so on.. It is amazing!
Haridra is known to all of us possibly by another name which is Haldi or Turmeric which comes from the Curcuma longa plant of the Zingerberacae family. Its tuber is dried and then processed to make the turmeric powder that is an all-important spice in Indian cuisine. It also has tremendous medicinal value.
Turmeric leaves are used to wrap various foods like fish, coconut etc and then steamed .This is quite a delicacy and I heavily recommend tasting a turmeric leaf wrapped dish whenever you get the opportunity. Patoli is a sweet dish prepared using these leaves.
India Post released a stamp featuring Turmeric in 1997 of denomination of 5INR.
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| Post of India, GODL-India <https://data.gov.in/sites/default/files/Gazette_Notification_OGDL.pdf>, via Wikimedia Commons |
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| Post of India, GODL-India <https://data.gov.in/sites/default/files/Gazette_Notification_OGDL.pdf>, via Wikimedia Commons |
The India Postage Stamps website has a complete catalogue of stamps. Please click the link to see many many wonderful stamps.
Colnect is a comprehensive portal for Stamp collectors. It gives detailed information about every listed stamp. Click here for detailed info about Stamps - what is a stamp, types, formats, water marks, perforations and much more.
The weekend is here so we meet again on Monday for the alphabet I.Till then, Take Care and Stay Happy!
There's a sweet made out of turmeric leaves..wow ...am not aware of it...never heard this name too...as always....i learn a thing or two from ur blog
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Thank you so much Afshan! 🙏🏻 I am do happy i could share something new. Have a great weekend!
ReplyDeleteI love that you have so many options of plants on your stamps to be able to do a blog of them... that says a lot about the priorities in your country...
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@Beth Thank you! Yes, I feel so proud. Actually I was stunned by the variety of themes and the beauty of the stamps. 😌
DeleteWhat a great, original theme! I used to collect stamps when I was a kid- but I just chose them based on prettiness, not knowledge. I would have loved these! if I ever get a chance to try patoli, I certainly will.
ReplyDelete@Sara Patoli is wonderful. I haven't tried the Turmeric wrapped Fish but reports say its great.Happy to see you here. Thank you!
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