Saturday, June 8, 2013

This Week's Mail

Received this from India on June 5th and it shows Gol Gumbaz. Which is a mausoleum of Muhammad Adil Shah the 2nd, who ruled the Sultanate of Bijapur from 1627-1657. The dome is said to be the world's second largest. The 'Whispering Gallery' in the central chamber has the capability to echo the softest sound seven times.

The stamps show Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Rāman on the right who was an Indian physicist. Dr B.R. Ambedkar who was He was political leader, philosopher, anthropologist, historian, orator, economist, teacher, editor, prolific writer, revolutionary and a revivalist for Buddhism in India, inspiring the Dalit Buddhist movement also the chief architect of the Indian Constitution.

I also received an envelope from Russia on Friday.

  
A card from a Museum in Brussles of Rene Magritte's work 'The Dominion of Light'

A magnet of St Petersburg which is so lovely!:)

 A cute sticker on the back of a matryoshka doll.


 Lastly a ticket to a ballet called Spartak, which after research I found out it is a ballet Spartacus, following the exploits of Spartacus, the leader of the slave uprising against the Romans known as the Third Servile War.



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