“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 ...

Four Keith Haring drawings, created for the banners that hung around the famed Luna Luna theme park, are on sale.

Devotees perform many rituals on Diwali and Lakshmi Puja which have become an integral part of the traditions in many states, ...

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 ...

Its owner, Matt, came to the door in his bathing suit, a tattooed sleeve of lotus flowers winding around his left arm. Matt, who works in the intelligence and defense industry, was registered as a ...

Throughout India, markets are always bustling with flower vendors, selling freshly cut marigolds, roses and lotus flowers. Devotees offer flowers and flower garlands to Hindu deities such as Lakshmi, ...

This represents divine creation and the fertility of the universe. Practical Application: Place lotus flowers or images in your home or sacred space to invoke the creative energies of the universe.

Each flower head measures about 5cm across and comprises a central disk of deep blue florets surrounded by a ring of light yellow or white ray florets. Nymphaea caerulea, the Blue Waterlily, Blue ...

They produce attractive foliage and stunning flower blossoms that come in different shapes and varieties, including single, semi-double (lotus, rose ... blossom closely resembles the flower most ...