“GROWING IN THE mud, and yet so clean, the lotus is a symbol of purity,” writes the Sri Lankan historian Ananda K. Coomaraswamy in his 1913 book “The Arts and Crafts of India & Ceylon.” The lotus pool ...

Icons of beauty, providers of sustenance, even symbols of divinity — blossoming plants have assumed a deep significance to ...

Located around 50km south-east of the capital Leh, Takthok is the only monastery in Ladakh that belongs to the oldest school ...

Their forefathers used chisels, but nowadays, craftsmen use drills to etch everything from Buddha's face, the folds in his ...

And while the rose, poppy, and peace lily are all three historically significant flowers, there is no bloom with as deep a ...

The answer to one across in the Oct. 29 New York Times Mini Crossword is “LOTUS.” In both the religions of Hinduism and Buddhism, the flower lotus represents rebirth and spiritual awakening ...

Here are the solutions to the NYT Crossword Mini for October 29: As for the lotus, it is an important flower in art for ...

The image at Murōji, by contrast, is surrounded by a massive aureola consisting of impressively decorated panels that come to a combined more than two meters in length, painted with lotus flower ...

Two minor siblings drowned in the Kengeri lake in Bengaluru on Monday evening while attempting to fetch lotus flowers, said the police. The rescue personnel on Tuesday recovered the body of John ...

Here at the West Central Research and Outreach Center, we trialed a total of 300 annual flower cultivars, 100 new perennial varieties (on top of the 300 cultivars from previous years), 15 rose ...