“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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Returning to my private villa, the lights are off and I follow a path of candles to the bathtub, which is filled with coconut ...

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Lotus and water lily are beautiful flowers that rise from the mud in ponds and lakes that are very popular in rural areas, ...

In a London warehouse pumping with dance music and movie soundtracks, Jadé Fadojutimi paints exuberant canvases all night ...

So synonymous is Georgia O'Keeffe with flowers, we often forget her repertoire was much vaster than that. We also tend to ...

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THULASENDRAPURAM, India (AP) — The temple reverberated with rhythmic Sanskrit and Tamil hymns, as a Hindu priest held a flame ...

Rangoli is a Hindu art form that involves creating colorful patterns on ... Some common symbols used in Rangoli are peacocks, ...

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

[Photo provided by The Trustees of British Museum] In the royal palaces of Assyrian kings, art served one ultimate ... Suzhou Museum exhibition is the lotus flower, which made its way onto the ...