Winter in Siva’s Gardens/Nepalese Rudrakshas
It's another brutal Kauai winter, with temperatures plummeting below 60 degrees on rare occasions. Even in those extreme conditions, Kauai plants sing their little songs and surrender their gifts of color and beauty for pilgrims to enjoy.
Yesterday we stumbled on one of our two Saraca indica trees in bloom. After some 25 years, it is flowering freely, not phased by the 68 degrees morning temperature. It is a famous tree in India, a sacred one. Pujaris love it, so efficient--you can pluck a single flower and have 300 florets to offer to Siva.
To celebrate this event, we offer other blossoms and plants that are happening now. At the end of the slideshow we see the first sprouting of the Rudraksha trees from Nepal, the miraculous expression of life.
Remember the adage (whose source is apparently lost in time):
"That nation is great in which the elders plant trees under the shade of which they will never sit."
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February 27th, 2024 at 5:06 pm
“AUM”!.
February 28th, 2024 at 6:09 am
Delightful. Lovely to see some of Kauai’s botanical bounty singing away. Aum🙏🏼
February 29th, 2024 at 4:17 am
Those tiny little sprouts on the rudraksha make my heart want to pop! So adorable. Thank you for the post.