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The Image of the Mystic Flower

Author	Julie Badiee
Title of item	The Image of the Mystic Flower
Subtitle of item	Exploring the Lotus Symbolism in the Bahá'í House of Worship
Volume	10:1-2
Pages	11-26
Parent publication	Journal of Bahá'í Studies
Publisher of this ed.	Ottawa, ON: Association for Bahá'í Studies North America
Date of this edition	2000
Language	English
Permission	publisher
Posted	2022-01-10 by Jonah Winters
Classified in	Published Articles
URL	bahai-library.com/badiee_image_mystic_flower
Abstract	The design of the temple in India creates the visual effect of a large, white lotus blossom emerging from the pools of water around it. Besides many other deep and old cultural meanings, flower imagery symbolizes the appearance of the new Manifestation.
Notes	See also journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/447.
Tags	Buddhism; Flowers; Hinduism; Islam; Lotus temple; Mashriqul-Adhkar (House of Worship); Mashriqul-Adhkar, Delhi; Mughal architecture; Symbolism
Locations	New Delhi; India
Page views	325 hits since 2022-01-10
Last edited	2022-04-05 22:17 EST. See previous versions [archive.org].

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