Brahma, the Creator, is often visualized seated on a lotus that blooms from the navel of Vishnu. This imagery itself is a lesson in interdependence—creation arises from preservation. With his ...

After Brahma created the world, it is the power of Vishnu which preserves the world and human beings. As part of the cycle of birth, life and death it is Shiva who will ultimately destroy the ...

Jahnavi Harrison explains how the lotus is a plant that, for those educated in an eastern spiritual context, evokes layers of meaning and narrative. For Hindus, the beautiful and arresting lotus ...