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Chapter II
The Thousand-Petalled Lotus
Lotus in Art and Worship
Prior to the sky, prior to this earth, prior to the living gods, what is that germ which the waters
held first and in which all the gods existed? The waters held the same germ in which all
the gods exist or find themselves; on the navel of the Unborn stood that in which all beings stood.
-Rgveda, 1.24.71
The main dome in the rangamandapa in the Lunavasihi temple, with different number of vidyadevis.
