A row of shops, in Dadar old flower market, selling Marigolds. These are sold by weight.The marigold is widely cultivated in India and Thailand, particularly the species T. erecta, T. patula, and T. tenuifolia. Vast quantities of marigolds are used in garlands and decoration for weddings, festivals, and religious events. The common name, "marigold", is derived from "Mary's Gold", and the plant is associated with the Virgin Mary in Christian stories. The different species vary in size from 0.05-2.2 m tall. They have pinnate green leaves, and white, golden, orange, yellow, to an almost red floral heads typically (0.1-) to 4-6 cm diameter, generally with both ray florets and disc florets.
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I am not crazy about Marigolds but I must say it is totally to different to see how they are used in India. I like to see them in those colorful piles and then in garlands.
ReplyDeleteBack in Belgium, I used to hate them: they are usually used in some kind of symetric patterns in usually terribly awful and depressing gardens.
Wow! At first I thought it was saffron on the thumb nail.
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I remember seeing them in "Monsoon Wedding" and some other movies. These big baskets of them are beautiful!
ReplyDeletela couleur des fleurs est magnifique, sur la deuxième on dirait vraiment de l'or.
ReplyDeletethe color of flowers is magnificent, on the second one really looks like the gold.
Marigolds are important on Buddhist holidays here too. The daughter of my landlord in northern Laos planted marigolds all around my house - every single inch, except for a path to the front door. It was very impressive.
ReplyDeletethe marigold shows that the golden coloured flower is very important in indian culture
ReplyDeleteBeautiful shot. Great post and blog.
ReplyDelete"Louis" didn't know the origin of the name 'Marigold.' As he likes to know the origins of words, this appealed to him very much!
ReplyDeleteWow. They sell marigolds? I've got a whole bunch growing in the front of my house. Fabulous market scene.
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