(see immediately-preceding post for human context)
Pictured is one of an enormous number of water lilies (not lotus) then blooming, pink, on the edges of Vembanad Lake and its backwaters.
”Pests” to rice-growers in and around Kumarakon, they have in recent years become tourism “gold”.
Below is an example of how Indian media present/hype this suddenly-“iconic” attraction:
For a nicely-illustrated explanation of “water lily v lotus”, click here.
Photo is copyright Doug Spencer, taken at 7.26 am on 21 February 2023; if I had slept in, and encountered the flower half a hour later, it would have no longer presented such an “open” face.
Coming soon to Pelican Yoga: many multi-image south India posts.
Before them: a few Namibian ones – the first will feature the most “boring” of four 2022 encounters with leopards.