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An isolated country of central Asia in the eastern Himalaya Mountains. Long under the influence of Great Britain and India, the kingdom became fully independent in the 1980s. Thimphu is the capital and the largest city. Population: 2,230,000.
Culturally related to Bhutan is the Kingdom of Sikkim, which is presently in India. The blazon of the arms is given as:
Or, a lotus azure, seeded gules within an orle of twelve circles touching purpure. Crest: A conch shell argent. Supporters: Dragons gules. Motto: "Om Mani Padma Hum" (Hail to the gem in the lotus or, Salvation is in the jewel lotus). Lambrequins: Or and purpure.
There is a picture the arms given at: http://www.4dw.net/royalark/India/sikkim.htm though the emblazon does not match the blazon given above.
eploy wrote:
Or, a lotus azure, seeded gules within an orle of twelve circles touching purpure. Crest: A conch shell argent. Supporters: Dragons gules. Motto: "Om Mani Padma Hum" (Hail to the gem in the lotus or, Salvation is in the jewel lotus). Lambrequins: Or and purpure. There is a picture the arms given at: http://www.4dw.net/royalark/India/sikkim.htm though the emblazon does not match the blazon given above.
The arms on Christopher Buyer’s site are most likely the coat-of-arms devised for His Highness the Chogyal of Sikkim by a British official, possibly for use during the state visit of Chogyal Thutob Namgyal to Darjeeling in 1873 or the meeting of the Chogyal and the Prince of Wales in Calcutta in 1905 or for one of the great durbars, such as the Proclamation Durbar of 1877, the Coronation Durbar of 1903 or the Delhi Durbar of 1911. Despite great British influence (sometimes actual occupation), the Kingdom of Sikkim never actually became part of the Indian Empire.
For detailed information about the present Bhutanese flag and its predecessor download this pdf file: www.bhutanstudies.org.bt/publications/pub4-ntnl-flg.pdf
The flag of the Kingdom of Bhutan adopted in 1971: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/91/Flag_of_Bhutan.svg
eploy wrote:
Culturally related to Bhutan is the Kingdom of Sikkim, which is presently in India. The blazon of the arms is given as:
Or, a lotus azure, seeded gules within an orle of twelve circles touching purpure. Crest: A conch shell argent. Supporters: Dragons gules. Motto: "Om Mani Padma Hum" (Hail to the gem in the lotus or, Salvation is in the jewel lotus). Lambrequins: Or and purpure.
There is a picture the arms given at: http://www.4dw.net/royalark/India/sikkim.htm though the emblazon does not match the blazon given above.
I am curious as to why the blazon is "circles touching purpure" rather than, as one would think, golpes. Is there some difference between them, or is what is intended really annulets?
Daniel C. Boyer wrote:
I am curious as to why the blazon is "circles touching purpure" rather than, as one would think, golpes. Is there some difference between them, or is what is intended really annulets?
It would appear from the illustration that annulets or a diminutive of annulets was intended. I think that ‘annulets conjoined’ would be a better descriptor than ‘circles touching’ or could it be that what was really meant, was ‘annulets conjoined in a circle’?
David Pritchard wrote:
It would appear from the illustration that annulets or a diminutive of annulets was intended. I think that ‘annulets conjoined’ would be a better descriptor than ‘circles touching’ or could it be that what was really meant, was ‘annulets conjoined in a circle’?
From the illustration it would appear so, as if conjoined in orle they should really be more in the shape of the shield on which they are born.
