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Sougandhika flowers are supposed to bloom and seen only at sunrise. Kubera uses these flowers to worship Lord Siva. Nalakoobara, Kubera's son, is fond of Soudamini, while Rambha loves him. To solve the problem, Narada calls for a dance competition between the two. When Soudamini wins, she is gifted one Sougandhika flower.
Hedychium coronarium is the national flower of Cuba, where it is known as mariposa (literally "butterfly") due to its shape. Women used to adorn themselves with these fragrant flowers in Spanish colonial times; because of the intricate structure of the inflorescence, women hid and carried secret messages important to the independence cause ...
Kalyanasaugandhikam is a Kathakali play attributed to Kottayathu Thampuran.Based on the Mahabharatha, the play narrates an episode from the life of the Pandava princes in exile.
Gandharva marriage: couple exchange garlands under a tree. Illustration from Sougandhika Parinaya written in Kannada. There is no consensus theory to explain why Gandharva marriages have declined over the ages. One theory claims that as prosperity and wealth increased, parents sought greater control of the activities and social life of their ...
What appear to be "petals" of an individual flower, are actually each individual complete ray flowers, and at the center is a dense pack of individual tiny disc flowers. Because the collection has the overall appearance of a single flower, the collection of flowers in the head of this sunflower is called a pseudanthium or a composite.
To see a fully awakened person, a Buddha, is so rare that it is like seeing an udumbara flower. In the Tu Hieu Monastery in Hue, there is a scroll which says: "The udumbara flower, although fallen from the stem, is still fragrant." Just as the fragrance of the udumbara flower cannot be destroyed, our capacity for enlightenment is always present.
Bougainvillea, Behbahan.Many of the small white flowers, in various stages of development, may be seen among the larger bracts. Bougainvillea (/ ˌ b uː ɡ ən ˈ v ɪ l i. ə / BOO-gən-VIL-ee-ə, US also / ˌ b oʊ-/ BOH-) is a genus of thorny ornamental vines, bushes, and trees belonging to the four o' clock family, Nyctaginaceae.
When cut young and dried, the open flowers and stalks preserve their colour and shape for long periods. Helichrysum italicum (synonym Helichrysum angustifolium ) is steam distilled to produce a yellow-reddish essential oil popular in fragrance for its unique scent, best described as herbaceous, sweet, and honey-like.