About this stamp
On the Stamp
The papier-mâché mask of the Moon worn in the Ramlila of Ramnagar, on a 50 paise stamp.
The Moon
India Post issued four stamps and a miniature sheet on 15 April 1974 on Indian masks. Three of them, the Sun, the Moon and Ravana, are papier-mâché masks worn in the Ramlila at Ramnagar near Banaras at Dussehra; the fourth, Narasimha, is the wooden mask of the Bhagavata Mela of South India. The Ramlila masks of Ramnagar are made of papier-mâché, often with gilded copper and zari work. This text draws on India Post’s folder for the issue.
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