National flowers of hosting countries
The national flower of each of the hosting countries for Shri Ganesha Puja is displayed below. For a larger image of each national flower, click on the individual country icons.
The hosting countries are: Andorra, Albania, Australia, China, Croatia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Macedonia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Singapore, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam
(Shri Mataji talks about hibiscus flowers below)
Shri Mataji talks about the hibiscus flowers.
“So these hibiscus flowers are the flowers which we use to worship Shri Ganesha, and the programme was to worship Shri Ganesha. On the way I saw so many trees of hibiscus, just flowering. I said: “At this time so many flowers”. I said: “I think you´d better get these flowers for the puja”. I went – and when I arrived in the hall all the Sahaja Yogis had got hibiscus on their own. I never talked to them, just on their own. They didn´t know that it is to be used for Shri Ganesh but the Mother Earth herself created at that time. This is the time of Shri Ganesha when you should get hibiscus. It´s very remarkable how the nature is so much within us and how this, whatever it is within us, guides outside and receives the blessings. We are not something separate. This Mother Earth is our home – we have a home in her and she has a home within ourselves.”
Shri Mataji – Shri Ganesha Puja Cabella September 7th, 1997