Lotus Flower forming 17th Century Column Bases
A 17th century summer house of a Mughal emperor, with column bases shaped as lotus buds, the national flower of India and recurrent on the concurrent Taj Mahal. It often symbolises birth, purity, beauty, spirituality and eternity in many cultures and religions
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