The Legend of the Lotus in South Asian Mythology

The lotus is featured in many depictions of South Asian mythology wherein many of the gods and goddesses are placed atop the lotus. It is perhaps because the lotus has become the symbol for purity and thus, the gods and goddesses who, like humans, have the need to sit would be exalted by seating them on a lotus.

Read more on this at DNA India.

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