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Saturday, August 22, 2009

Anna - Pakshi ...

Here's something that one of my blog reader ... Iniyaazh ... shared with me, after reading the post ... Yet another one for the ... Abrakophiles ... collecting brass birds ...
I had never heard about this before ... and I loved it so much that I had to share it with all of you ... do read below , the comment Iniyaazh left me ...
Iniyaazh ...
"Lovely collection of traditional brass birds. Very intricate hand carvings.
The birds that look like peacock, I think they are not actually peacocks..The same bird sculptures can be found on the top crown of tall traditional lamps (kuthu vilakku) in South India.
They are known as anna-pakshi ... they are said to be mystical white coloured birds that live in heaven, known for their purity.. so pure are they that if you keep milk mixed with water, they can separate water from milk and drink only pure milk :-)
Not sure how true this is. Neverthless their structure is beautiful, plumes of a peacock and shape of a swan."

10 comments:

bikim said...

Such a lovely story! enjoy your saturday,
Rosa

SG said...

Nice blog. Excellent picture. They stand majestically on a kuthvilakku.

Rajee Sood said...

Thanks Rosa,
I really loved the beautiful story and had to share it with all enthusiasts .. great that you too enjoyed it ... :)

Rajee Sood said...

Hi SG,
Thanks for dropping by my blog ... its always beautiful to hear from new readers ...

Urban Green said...

You have an absolutely fabulous blog...! Loved every bit of how you do up your home...

Rajee Sood said...

Hellow Urban Gardener,
Its great to hear you on my blog ... and it is always a ... wow... feeling to know another reader enjoyed being here. Truly hope to hear your comments if you enjoy any of the posts in future as well :)
THanks for dropping by.

Ann said...

Beautiful story - we learn so much from the words of others ;-)

Rajee Sood said...

Hi Zaara,
True... I so agree with you ... I get even more carried away and passionate ... when I get to hear something like this ... its just beautiful an dI do want to give it its due credit ... :)

Iniyaal said...

I have been a regular reader of your blog, but missed this post. I stumbled across it today while going through the archives of your beautiful blog. Glad that my comment on annapakshi inspired this post :)

Rajee Sood said...

Hi Iniyaazh,
Its always wonderful to discover new things ... your comment that you had left me ... was very inspiring and why keep it just to myself ... I just had to share it with all my readers who are ever inquisitive ... you really were very inspiring ... Thankyou so much.

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