{"id":87391,"date":"2020-10-12T00:40:38","date_gmt":"2020-10-11T19:10:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=17836"},"modified":"2021-06-25T16:11:08","modified_gmt":"2021-06-25T10:41:08","slug":"brahma-kamal-flowers-start-blooming-in-uttarakhands-chamoli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/brahma-kamal-flowers-start-blooming-in-uttarakhands-chamoli\/","title":{"rendered":"Brahma Kamal flowers start blooming in Uttarakhand\u2019s Chamoli"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> The rare Brahma Kamal, the only flower known to bloom after sunset and just once a year has been spotted in the higher reaches of the Himalayas in Uttarakhand.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li><strong>Brahma Kamal (Saussurea Obvallata): <\/strong>It is a species of flowering plant native to the Himalayas, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, India, Mongolia, Burma and southwest China.It is also the state flower of Uttarakhand.<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Named after? <\/strong>The flower is named after God Brahma who is believed to have created the universe.The flower only blooms for a few hours and is said to bring good luck and prosperity.<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Significance: <\/strong>The flower also finds itself mentioned in the scriptures and is offered in many holy shrines including Kedarnath, Badrinath and Tunganath.<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Uses: <\/strong>The flower is highly valued in Tibetan medicine and Ayurveda for its healing properties.It is extensively used by the local population to treat cuts and bruises.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The rare Brahma Kamal, the only flower known to bloom after sunset and just once a year has been spotted in the higher reaches of the Himalayas in Uttarakhand. Facts: Brahma Kamal (Saussurea Obvallata): It is a species of flowering plant native to the Himalayas, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, India, Mongolia, Burma and southwest&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/brahma-kamal-flowers-start-blooming-in-uttarakhands-chamoli\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Brahma Kamal flowers start blooming in Uttarakhand\u2019s Chamoli<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9326,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4182],"tags":[5148,4662],"class_list":["post-87391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","tag-brahma-kamal-flowers","tag-uttarakhand","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704605515},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9326"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87391\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}