Growing from muddy pond beds into beautiful flowers, lotuses have long been symbols of wisdom and renewal.
It is said that Buddha could walk from birth, and everywhere he went lotus flowers bloomed from his footprints👣

There are over 800 varieties of the plant😇

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The emperor's act of devotion worked, and his consort not only survived, but went on to succeed him as Empress Jitō (持統天皇 645-703).

Yakushi-ji originally stood beneath Mt. Miminashi in Kashihara (耳成山 橿原), site of the then capital Fujiwara-kyō (藤原京 694-710).

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