Proud to be a Sikkimese: Sikkim Travel, Culture & Local Heritage

 LIST OF CARRIED COVERS MAIL 1.  TIN CAN MAIL 2.  BOAT CARRIED COVER 3.  SIRIMANU CARRIED COVER 4.  BULLOCK CART CARRIED COVER 5.  DOG SQUAD CARRIED COVER  6.  TRAIN CARRIED COVER  7.  BALLOON MAIL 8.  MOTORCYCLE CARRIED COVER 9.  BICYCLE MAIL CARRIED COVER 10.  SHIKARA CARRIED COVER 11. TRAM CARRIED COVER 12.  KHADI ARTISAN CARRIED COVER 13.  FERRY CARRIED COVER

I first heard about the philatelic book ‘Buddhism on Stamps in an article published on one of the pages of Sikkim Express newspaper, the leading daily newspaper of Sikkim last year (2021). Since its release, the book has garnered praise across the philatelic circles and won various prizes in international competitions. As a collector of philatelic materials on Buddhism, I was very interested in going through this book's pages. Suyog with the book All thanks to Shri Lokeswara Rao, the author of the book. Upon contacting him through Facebook and WhatsApp, I finally had the book. This is the second philatelic book on Buddhism to my little knowledge after ' A Story of Gautama Buddha: As told through postage stamps’ written by Binod Shrestha from Nepal, published in 2018. Rao has narrated the story of Buddhism through 22 chapters, touching every chronological timeline related to Buddha, his life, doctrines, and teachings ; Buddhism as a spiritual journey, its evolution, and its prac...