namaste

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Dear Vaibhav,

 

Pranam; you are very fortunate that your grandmother gave you a

Brahma Kamal Leaf which you planted and it has grown beautifully!

 

Brahma Kamal is the flower of Lord Brahma, also known as 'King of

Himalayan Flowers'. It is considered very lucky if you see it bloom.

It is a rare flower and blooms only at midnight and typically once in

14 years !! Botanical name: Saussurea obvallata.

 

The Brahma Kamal is a member of the Sunflower Family and an excellent

example of plant life at the upper limit of high mountains (3,000 to

4,600 meters).

 

In membranous, boat-shaped floral trusses, it bears 2-6 sessile or

shortly peduncled glabrous heads bearing purple or bluish flowers

with brown bluff. Even in the cold air of the ice-bound arena, they

come to bloom because of the warm space created by the leaf-cover-a

device that qualifies the plant to become one of the sacred species

whose flowers are offered up, as pointed out by Edgeworth, at the

shrines of Shri Badrinath.

 

The glabrous, toothed leaves are 10 to 21 cm. log, the uppermost

terminating into incurved, bladdery, veined, translucent, globose or

hemispheric pale head, 7.5 cm. to 15.5 cm. in diameter. The herb, 15

to 46 cm. tall, has a pubescent or glabrate stem as thick as a little

fingure. Its thick curved root is applied to bruises and cuts.

 

Don't believe what your neighbour told you because its not true. Your

neighbour may be simply ignorant or just superstitious.

 

The Brahma Kamal also being a herb used for cuts and bruises, is

therefore a healing plant. Because of its healing qualities and

being a rare, sacred plant, its fine to keep it. Again due to its

healing and sacred properties, nobody who owns this plant will have a

short life span.

 

Its good to hear you visit a temple regularly. Lord Ganapati removes

obstacles from all directions, hence its fine for Him to face any

direction. Besides, the temple may have been built according to a

Vaastu plan where they decided where to place the deities. Its fine

to pay obeisances to all the deities including Lord Ganapati, Lord

Hanuman, Lord Datta, etc in their respective positions. Its better

to take darshan from all the deities you have mentioned.

 

Yes, its fine to grow a Bilva plant in the garden or at home. Please

see the Files section on this Group for some old discussions and

information about the Bilva plant.

 

Om Namah Shivaya

 

 

 

, " vai_rudraksha "

<vai_rudraksha wrote:

>

> dear narsimhaye ji,

> pranam, i have a little query. 2 years back my

> grandmother gave me 1 BRAMHA KAMAL leaf which i planted in a

flowerpot

> in my window. it has grown beautifully. yesterday my neighbour told

me

> that it's inauspicious to keep BRHMA KAMAL in house as it's flower

has

> very short life you or someone from your family will also have

short

> life. is it true? should i keep it or not?

 

> my second doubt is i regularly go to a temple where there are three

> statues (HANUMAN, GANPATI, DATTA). all are south facing. is it true

> that ganpati should not be facing south? that's why i only take

> darshan of hanuman & not ganpati. but i don't feel good to take

> darshan of 1 idol & ignoring other just beside it. what should i

do?

>

> can we grow / plant bilva tree in a flower pot in our home?

>

> vaibhav kadam.

>