Naliniji, The story goes as this, **The Legend of Naupaka**
In one version: A princess was forbidden to marry her true love, a fisherman, because he was a commoner. As they parted ways forever, she tore a flower in half, giving one half to him and keeping the other half for herself. She then returned to the mountains where her family lived. Broken-hearted, they both cried and planted their halves of the flower. Each half grew and became the two forms of naupaka – the beach naupaka (naupaka kahakai) and the mountain naupaka (naupaka kuahiwi). Another version: It is said that two lovers, greatly devoted to each other, came to the attention of the Goddess Pele. Pele found the young man desirable and appeared before him as a beautiful stranger. But no matter what Pele did the lovers remained devoted to each other. Angered, Pele chased the young man into the mountains, throwing molten lava at him. Pele's sisters witnessed this and to save the young man from a certain death they changed him into the mountain Naupaka. Pele immediately went after the young woman and chased her towards the sea - but again Pele's sisters stepped in and changed the young lover into beach Naupaka. It is said that if the mountain Naupaka and beach Naupaka flowers are reunited, the two young lovers will be together again. Suvarna To take full advantage of Flickr, you should use a JavaScript-enabled browser and install the latest version of the Macromedia Flash Player<http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash>. On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 4:55 PM, nabha meghani <[email protected]> wrote: > Suvarna ji, > plz. i wud like to know the story. > TIA > Nalini > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Suvarna Sarpotdar <[email protected]> > *To:* Dr Santhosh Kumar <[email protected]> ; Vijayasankar > Raman<[email protected]>; > [email protected] > *Sent:* Saturday, October 31, 2009 8:38 AM > *Subject:* [indiantreepix:21910] Re: Fwd: Images of ..... > > Santoshji > Thanks for ID.Its common name is Beach Naupaka common in Hawaii Islands and > has a beautiful story behind it. > Suvarna > On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 10:45 PM, Dr Santhosh Kumar < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Suvarna Ji, >> >> It is Scaveola sericea of Goodyneaceae family. It is often found near the >> shore in some places. >> >> Santhosh >> >> 2009/10/30 Suvarna Sarpotdar <[email protected]> >> >>> >>> >>> : >>> >>> This plant is in my garden.I was told that it is of Rudraksha but I >>>> doubt so. >>>> Pl help. >>>> Suvarna >>>> >>> >>> >>> Thiruvananthapuram-695562 >>> Kerala >>> India >>> www.drsanthosh.wetpaint.com >>> >>> >> >> >> >> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
