Popular designs include images of Goddess Durga, Tridents, Om symbols, Mandalas, Lotus flowers, and Garba motifs. These tattoos symbolize purity, power, and the festive spirit, allowing ...

This Diwali, why stop at decorating your home when your hands are the perfect canvas for some stunning mehndi art? If you're ...

Mandalas are Buddhist devotional images often deemed a diagram or symbol of an ideal universe. Mandalas come in many forms. Often they are painted on scrolls and taken with travelers over long ...

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Narrator: Each thread of lotus silk starts with the stem of the lotus flower. The lotus is Vietnam's national flower and a plant that's grown across the country. While this fabric has been made ...

Science Photo Library Left: Spiral arrangement of petals in a lotus flower. Right: Whorl arrangement of petals in a lily flower. To reconstruct the appearance of the first flower, the scientists ...

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Festive celebrations come alive with vibrant rangoli designs that add a splash of colour to your Diwali decor. These beautiful patterns, made with a mix of colours and flower petals, or even ...

Flying Lotus talks about his new EP 'Spirit Box,' plus other unreleased music in his vault — including a collaboration with Ryuichi Sakamoto ...