Naagalinga Pushpa..

Posted by Veena Shivanna (Bengalooru, India) on 21 March 2007 in People & Portrait.

A special flower which is used to worship Lord shiva. Its like GOD designed it with so much Architecting!

Comments (6)

Sriram from India

is it the same as brahma kamalam that blooms only during midnight!

21 Mar 2007 5:23pm

@Sriram: Nope, the Brahma kamala looks this way.. Its a white flower. This flower in the photo have a great fragrance too.
http://thatskannada.oneindia.in/sahitya/article/310805brahmakamala.html

Anand Balaji from Bangalore, India

Oops! Sriram beat me to that question! Is it the Brahma Kamalam, Veena? Y'know, it's also called the 'Star of Bethlehem' by Christians.
This photo looks like eerie!

21 Mar 2007 5:50pm

bachodi from Chennai, India

Never heard about it. But i know some leave are favorite of shiva ( it comes in shivaratri and a thief story )

22 Mar 2007 2:51am

@bachodi: You are talking about 'Bilva patre', I have held this flower on top of the Bilva patre but when I wanted to take the picture, I focused more on the flower. It was too dark inside the temple(Nanjangud) so the photo looks dull!

Mysorean from Chennai, India

Naavu biology, zoology nalli weak swalpa! ;)

23 Mar 2007 4:33am

@Mysorean: Good comment, I should find out some details about the taxonomy of this flower & know more about it.
Adu biology, zoology alla botany- zoology! hasaru honnu antha BGL Swamy avara book odi, fantastic one!

Srikaanth from Bengalooru, India

All,

Here's more about the flower!!

23 Mar 2007 8:28am

Vivekananda R Naragund from Pune, India

Nagalinga Pushpa is used to worship Lord Shiva and its found in most of the Lingayat matts in North Karnataka

5 Mar 2009 12:31pm

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