Bharat Mata Mandir (meaning “Mother India Temple”) is located on the India. Instead of traditional statues of gods and goddesses, this temple has a huge map of undivided India carved in marble. Images from Walter Schwartz, taken in 2016 Link for more information on this white marble map: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/travel/destinations/varanasis-bharat-mata-mandir-features-map-of-undivided-india-as-a-prime-deity/amp_articleshow/65624266.cm
Yearly archives: 2021
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From Reinder Storm Today, I ran into a #globe or two, in #Amsterdam, in the window of a house at the Amstel.
There is a lot of Becksploitation in this t-shirt design from the Science Museum in London, I may have to buy one just to get ken Field riled up. Spotted by Elizabeth
Globe Mosaic found on a wall of the Bethnal Green Bonner Primary School in London, This school is next to the Globe Town neighbourhood. Image from EduCaiti
This came from Tom Armitage who is debating refreshments with Alasdair Rae. “I see your tunnocks tea cakes and raise you one map mug of tea!”
Jack Cornish share this magnificent artwork on the side of a building. Not sure what the message is meant be, global cooperation? Should this be a caption competition? HT to Dan Ormsby for pointing me at this.
What better pleasure during a winter lockdown than a jigsaw? A jigsaw of a map of course. This image was designed by Clair Rossiter in 2016. Interesting choice of Somerset House as one of the sights of London, wouldn’t have been on my list (rated 26th in Time Out’s top […]
Children’s drawing of the world by ‘Rosa’ in a window in the Wagenstraat, The Hague Via Reinder Storm
Elizabeth sent me this pic of the tunnel connecting Whitechapel High St with Gunthorpe St in East London. I am definitely up for a visit to this once we are out of lockdown. This little Whitechapel alleyway is notorious, for it is one of the murder sites of the infamous […]
This comes via Reinder from Huis van het Book in the Hague (Book Museum) The competition ‘draw your own island’ belonged to the exhibition ‘The Atlas of Blaeu’ which was on display in the museum earlier this year.
Via Reinder Storm A sheet from a Dutch #poetry calender. Poem by Riekus Waskowsky (translated into English by yours truly); illustration by Milja Praagman. Travelorder and when you leave … rain, rain is coming, storm blows sand over the roads, one should protect one’s eyes. frightened birds swarm over the […]
Raf pointed me at this magnificent chocolate map of the Golf du Morbihan in the north west of France. Pic by Nicolas Tavernier Usually I would make a crack about beer and maps or wine and maps but seriously chocolate and maps – what could be better?