“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 ...

In the Mekong Delta, farmers and locals still gather the flowers on wooden boats. Now, the ritual’s also become a photo op.

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

Devotees offer flowers and flower garlands to Hindu deities such as Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth; Ganesha, the remover of ...

School of Creative Art and Design, N.R. Mohalla, Mysuru, has bagged first prize for her Terrace Garden and first prize for ...