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

“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 ...

No. Lotus flowers grow on stems and have upright leaves that rise above the water line. Water lilies are a different genus ...

As Lotus takes the spotlight during the Festival of Lights, it has generated short-term income for 23-year-old Kinisalote Nai ...

Villagers in a small rural community in India's Tamil Nadu offer prayers for daughter of their ancestral land, Kamala Harris.

Silk usually comes from silkworms, but making lotus silk is different. Each thread of lotus silk starts with the stem of the lotus flower ... which draw out the debris. Each feather is then ...

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

TSURUOKA, Yamagata Prefecture--A restaurant is offering a special set meal until the end of the month that makes use of lotus flowers and seeds from a Ramsar Convention site here. The lotus-themed ...