A lotus flower may not seem like much to think about at first glance, but first impressions can be misleading. While the plant's symmetry and colors are surely striking, beneath the delicate ...

The lotus, known as Ashtakamal or the eight-petaled lotus, holds deep significance for Goddess Lakshmi in Hindu mythology. Goddess Lakshmi is said to have emerged from the lotus flower, and this ...

CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute launched an improved variety of the national flower Lotus with 108 petals called 'Namoh 108'. The flower was dedicated to the nation a day before ...

It’s amazing what a flower will tell you about a society, if you let it. In Sri Lanka, I wanted to follow the lotus out of the murk, where it was cultivated by men like Asoka, into shop stalls ...