Diwali post!!

It has been raining non stop from the past 3 days. The weather in Bangalore is really sad and gloomy. Not that I do not like rains.. I love rains. But, it has just dampened the Diwali spirits. It gets quite cold outside by night which makes it difficult to step out without warm clothes. Any ways, what cheered me up in these few days are the postcards I received. Before I show you what I received in the mail, I would love to show you guys a souvenir that one of my friend got me from her trip to Jagannath temple, Puri. So, here we go-

Some interesting facts about this temple is that, this temple was built in 12th century. And Although most of the  Hindu deities that are worshiped are made out of stone or metal, the deity at Jangannath temple Puri is made out of wood. Once in every twelve or nineteen years, these wooden figures are ceremoniously replaced by using sacred trees. But, these new figures have to be an exact replica.You can find more about this temple here-  This souvenir is also made out of wood. It represents Lord Jagannath, Balarama and Subadhra. I am really happy to have received this beautiful artwork as a souvenir. Thank you Rosita for the nice gift :)

Now, for the postcards. This week I received some postcards from Italy, Finland,Serbia and Czech Republic.

This postcard arrived from one of my dear penpals who was visiting Italy-

Postcard showing Italian Alps or Dolomiti

And, here are the beautiful stamps-

Italian stamps

This one here came to me from Finland-

Beautiful postcard from Finland

The stamp is soooo pretty!!

There is a pretty picture on the backside of the postcard as well-

One of my friend from Serbia sent me an envelope that contained two postcards. One showing Belgrade and the other one is from a trip she took to Persia. This is also one of the first postcards  I have received from Persia -

Postcard showing Belgrade

Postcard from Persia

 And, here are the beautiful stamps on the envelope-

Beautiful stamps from Serbia

And, this pretty postcard with an Autumn theme arrived from Czech Republic and to add to that, my dear penpal added some washi tapes to give it a Halloween theme-

Autumn themed Postcard

Close up of the Haloween themed washi tape-

And, did I forget to mention that this postcard had some Gorgeous stamps on it?-

Gorgeous stamps!!

Thank you everybody for sending such nice postcards my way. My postcards and replies are out and I hope they reach their destinations soon! That's all for today's post. Thank you for reading.