summary of the poem The Lotus by Toru Dutt
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The god of love came to flora asking for a flower which would be accepted by all the flowers as their queen. The lily and rose always fought for this honour and many poets praised them and wrote poems. Some flowers told rose was better than lily and other flowers compared lily to the beautiful goddess juno's face. Some flowers supported lily whereas others supported rose.
Love said he wanted a flower which has a sweet smell like that of a rose and which is very grand looking like that of a lily. Then flora asked what colour flower does he want. First love said rose-red and after said lily-white but later said he wanted both the colours. So flora created a new flower called lotus which had the colour of rose-red from morn to noon and which had lily-white colour from afternoon till dusk.Rose stands for passion and lily stands for purity................