“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 ...

Here’s all you need to know about the “Sacred flower in Hinduism and Buddhism” clue in today’s NYT Mini Crossword.

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

with each of the lotus flowers glowing in their own color, which means that each person should shine in their unique color, and diversity is beautiful. "Buddha teaches that everyone will be ...

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 ...

Many compositions were fixed by Buddhist iconography and artistic tradition. These might be drawn from memory or according to standard examples. The preliminary sketch is made with charcoal crayon.

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This one was pretty easy, not gonna lie. I got LOTUS and LIFE right away. Then FENCE and EAGLE, followed closely by UNCLE. At this point TANGO (which I had earlier suspected) was pretty obvious ...

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