Apologies for the disappearing act, too much has been happening which has left little time for updating this page – some INCREDIBLE work by the children , will bring you to speed. This post has been long pending, lets start here.
Nature is magical . Magic is all around is, we just have to open our eyes.
Here is a flower I recently became aware off , while I was travelling in a bus near Domlur. Restless to see it again, I urged Rp to come along and see this magnificent creation in the quiet, early hours of the morning, as the sunlight slowly poured into the flower.
Nagalinga Pushpa , as it is called here, slowly unveiled its magic. Naga, refers to ‘a sacred snake’ , linga refers to ‘Shiva-Lingam’ , and pushpam means ‘flower’. Each of its elements – the petals, the fruit, the hood, the core, the fragrance, just keep filling wonder in me. You breathe-in the flower, and it flows in you like pure life.
The first time I took this flower to my class, excited to show it to all the children, I was pleasantly surprised to know that they were very familiar with the tree already. In fact , it is one of the kids who told me that there is a shiv ling at the center. That time I had only picked up the fallen seeds, buds, and petals. It was much later, when a lady gifted me these flowers, that I saw the Shivalingam for my self. The lady also told me yet another magical fact about the tree – the flowers blossom around Shivaratri.
This flower has been a spiritual experience, and continues to be so for me as well as for the kids.
I feel blessed to have experienced it.
For my Bangalore friends, lots of trees in the DRDO area near CV Raman nagar. And 2 trees in Domlur near the shantisagar bus stop. And some in Lal Bagh.
Summer Blossoms 