In Flower of India, bestselling author and renowned mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik examines the lotus as one of the most pervasive and resonant symbols of the Indian subcontinent. Through its many avatarsas plant, resource, metaphor, design, and sacred formhe traces how the lotus has shaped Indias cultural imagination across history, religion, art, and everyday life. Concise yet expansive, accessible yet intellectually serious, and rooted in both lived experience and wider historical enquiry, this book offers a fresh perspective on the lotusa symbol central to Indias cultural consciousness, and integral to the nations aesthetics, cuisine, erotica, romance, mythology, and spirituality.