The World Philately News Dt 10.08.2021

- August 10, 2021

A commemorative postage stamp Issued on (10/August/2002)BhakTukobaraya a 17th.century Hindu saint - poet of Bhakti movement in Maharashtra.devotee of Vithoba an avatar of Vishnu : Tukaram Bolhoba Ambile Born either 1598 or 1608 at Dehu , near Pune - Died either 1649 or 1650 in Dehu / He was part of the egalitarian , personalized Varkari devotionalism tradition.He is best known for his devotional poetry Abhanga and community-oriented worship with spiritual songs known as kirtans. His Poetry is devoted to the God Vithoba.

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The 1972 Summer Olympics officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad and commonly known as Munich 1972 was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972.

The 1972 Summer Olympics were the second Summer Olympics to be held in Germany, after the 1936 Games in Berlin, which had taken place under the Nazi regime. The West German Government had been eager to have the Munich Olympics present a democratic and optimistic Germany to the world, as shown by the Games' official motto, "Die Heiteren Spiele" or "the cheerful Games". The logo of the Games was a blue solar logo (the "Bright Sun"). The hostesses wore sky-blue dirndls as a promotion of Bavarian cultural heritage. The Olympic mascot, the dachshund "Waldi", was the first officially named Olympic mascot.

The event was overshadowed by the Munich massacre in the second week, in which eleven Israeli athletes and coaches and a West German police officer at Olympic village were killed by Palestinian Black September terrorists.

Courtesy Mr Baskaran SIPA