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Scientists make mind-blowing breakthrough with energy-generating lotus leaves: '[It] has rarely been directly harvested'
The team estimates transcription could provide the world with 67.5 terawatt-hours of electricity annually. Scientists make ...
Food, Offering, Medicine, Political Symbol: What the Lotus Means in Sri Lanka
“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 ...
Why Do Flowers Mean So Much to Us?
Icons of beauty, providers of sustenance, even symbols of divinity — blossoming plants have assumed a deep significance to ...
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Why some flowers are so pleasing for Hindu gods and goddesses
Devotees offer flowers and flower garlands to Hindu deities such as Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth; Ganesha, the remover of ...