Its significance varies across traditions: in Hinduism, it embodies the absence of color and light, while for the ancient ...

Hinduism also teaches that within each person is the spirit of the sacred lotus. Flower power! We now associate mistletoe with the magic of Christmas, but its symbolism dates back to the days of ...

The lotus flower is India's national plant, and a symbol of purity in Buddhism and Hinduism. There are over 100 species, the rarest being the blue flower lotus.