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Fact about Lotus Flower


  • Lotus can reach only 125cm (50 inches) in height but it spreads 3 meters (10 feet) horizontally (width).
  • Lotus flowers are found in white,pink,red,blue,purple and yellow colours and they grow in shallow and murky waters.
  • According to a traditional story,the more muddy and opaque the water, the more beautiful the Lotus flower when it emerges.
  • In Egyptian mythology, the lotus is associated with the sun, as it flowers at the day hours and closes by night.Lotus is even believed to have given birth to the sun.
  • The lotus is a sacred flower for Buddhists. For Buddhists,the lotus flower represents purity of body,mind and spirit.The lotus is one of the eight auspicious signs of Buddhism - an eight petalled lotus used in Buddhist mandalas symbolizes cosmic harmony,a thousand petalled Lotus,spiritual illumination.
  • According to Hinduism,within each human is the spirit of the sacred lotus.It represents eternity,divinity,purity, and is widely used as a symbol of life,fertility,ever renewing youth.
  • One of the most common metaphysical analogies compares the lotus' perennial rise to faultness beauty from a miry environment to the evolution of consciousness,from instinctive impulses the spiritual liberation.

By, Dharshini.
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