In India this flower is known as Krishna Kamal. The flowers, with their quaint structure appear to portray various characters from the Mahabharata. For instance there are five sepals that signify the Pandavas, 100 corona filaments that stand for the Kauravs, the greenish bulb-like structure symbolizes Draupadi (the Pandavas’ queen), the three stigmas at the centre depict Brahma, Vishnu, Mahesh (the Hindu Holy Trinity) and a central structure that resembles Sri Krishna’s Sudarshan Chakra.
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