“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 ...

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The flowers believed to draw in spirits with their fragrance and bright ... Marigolds are used in conjunction with lotus flowers to worship Buddha. In Hinduism, people associate marigolds with the Sun ...

ISAHAYA, Nagasaki Prefecture--On a recent day, the completion ceremony of an artwork commissioned by a Buddhist priest ... Kannon typically has a lotus flower but a rose is held in the bodhisattva ...

Sadhana’, by Sundar Sinkhwal, showcases Paubha paintings of deities, creating a temple-like atmosphere at the Siddhartha Art ...

For instance, we don't know if the oldest flowers were unisexual or bisexual, or if they were pollinated by wind or insects." Science Photo Library Left: Spiral arrangement of petals in a lotus ...

For a decade, one writer tried to unravel the story of Dorje Chang, whose artwork sold for millions and who claimed to be the ...

Thousands of Thai devotees lined the banks of a river winding through Bangkok on Thursday to hurl lotus flowers onto a barge carrying a golden Buddha to celebrate the end of a three-month period ...

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