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Judy Evans @JudyEv (382104) • Rockingham, Australia 8 Mar

I need to thank myLotter, Dr Souvik Chatterji (@sathviksouvik), for the inspiration for this discussion. Dr Chatterji mentioned lotus silk in a post and I’d never heard of it before. Lotus silk is produced from the delicate...

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Lotus is also given in puja

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23241) 17 Nov 24

In bengal there are many ponds and water bodies where the lotus flower with leaves are offered in Puja to Gods. I already wrote about lotus leaves are used in fooding. The same lotus is used for making oils having huge herbal...

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In villages in Bengal the lotus leaves are used for food purposes

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23241) 17 Nov 24

In the different villages of bengal still lunch and dinner are given in lotus leaves. The lotus leaves float in ponds in villages. They are helpful and dont have germs. These days banana leaves are used in villages. In cities...

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We grew water lilies - lotus - a memory

Always smiling @allknowing (153530) • India 8 Jul 23

With great enthusiasm we collected lily bulbs and had a lotus pond We had happiness seeing the plant spring and produce flowers - white, pink big and small. Bu this joy did not last long as I spotted a snake and that was the...

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In many parts of north India lotus is cultivated.

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23241) 4 Apr 23

The ponds and lakes in India have the capacity of lotus cultivation. It is cultivated a lot. The lotus leaves are used as plates for eating meals. There is no impurity in the lotus leaves and once washed it is healthy also. The...

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Update on my Lotus

LK2018 @Letranknight2015 (52665) • Philippines 20 Feb 22

A few days ago my brother sent me two more lotus that were also infancy stages. So far I'm preventing the stems from getting cut off. Because it happened last time and I never got it to grow again ever. This time I'm being...

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I want to grow this flower

LK2018 @Letranknight2015 (52665) • Philippines 8 Feb 22

Last year when my brother gave me this two pot plants with guppies on them. I didn't gave attention to the flower that was on it. Until one of the flowers died when I tried to do root transfer, I left the other one alone. Then...

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Attempting to grow some Lotus

LK2018 @Letranknight2015 (52665) • Philippines 14 Aug 21

Eight months ago when my brother gave me guppies for the first time, they're in two pots with lotus plants on them. Sadly, the other lotus pot died after a few months. Then weeks ago he gave me half a dozen seeds of them. I...

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Gloomy weather... Something to cheer up...

Arunima Singh @arunima25 (93194) • Bangalore, India 5 Dec 20

Good Morning Saturday from this side of the planet. It's 11:40 AM here and I can still call it morning We all woke up to another wet gloomy morning with clouds and drizzle. But now I can see clear clouds...

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BEAUTIFUL LOTUS

sarika bhatia @sarik1 (7818) 19 Oct 19

Have you purchased a flower or any beautiful thing without any plan of buying it? My mother and I purchased a beautiful lotus flower while we were returning from morning walk. When we were returning from our morning walk, we...

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Blue Dragonfly and White Waterlily (lotus)

minx267 @minx267 (15526) • Hartford, Connecticut 24 Jul 19

A couple weeks ago I got this image and quite a bit of Turtles and some frogs too in the pond at the local cemetery. I have been working on trying to get good dragonfly photos.. I have gotten a couple that were good. But I...

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Colorful Lotus Flower!

julito @antonbunot (11146) • Calgary, Alberta 3 May 19

I love flowers! Roses are my favorite flowers. In fact, I paint flowers and birds using acrylic paints. There is one colorful flower that fascinates me - LOTUS' FLOWER. Why does this flowering plant fascinate me? It is because...

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After puja in Govindaji temple, lotus flowers and fruits are offered.

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23241) 4 Oct 17

Once the puja in the Govindaji temple is done in Imphal, the devotees are offered prasada. The prasada are in the form of fruits like cucumber, bananas, apples. As lotus flowers are offered to Lord Krishna, the same flowers are...

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The beauty of the lotus

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382104) • Rockingham, Australia 28 Jun 17

My last post was about a lotus lake that was part of a park that we visited yesterday in France. I wanted to show you one of Vince’s photo of an individual flower as they are very beautiful. The lotus has the botanical name of...

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Bowl of flower and shells

INDIAN WOMAN @hema7213 (3517) • India 5 Sep 16

Hey friends...I have a very big glass bowl in my house. so I thought to use it as a home decor...for doing this, I BOUGHT some lotus looking artificial flower and some plastic shells may be real shells....and I also added some...

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wonderful to see.

Sunil.P @sunilparthan (6302) • India 10 Jul 16

Just I took a picture of the new lotus in my house and a butterfly who came to take honey from it. I am not a good photographer anyhow.

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The Coolest Opening Credit Sequence In TV History

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 13 Apr 16

My vote for the best opening credits and theme music combination has to go to the 1960’s surreal Kafkaesque TV series, The Prisoner, starring Patrick McGoohan. The theme music, starting with the ominous thunder, was the work of...

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why Rose called as the most beautiful flower ?

syangku24 @syangku24 (110) • Indonesia 27 Jun 09

Rose is known for its beauty and for its aroma as well. Many mythology like Isis or Aphrodite related to Rose, even emperor Shahjahan, the famed Mughal ruler of India was symbolized with red rose. But I think Orchids more...

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which one is symbol of Love?

vimaal @vimaal (3361) • India 28 Sep 08

Hi friends, how are you. i want to ask you this. Rose and Lotus which one is symbol of love. Which flower is people used mostly in her/his life. please tell me. share your commends...have a nice day.

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