This flower has been a part of my photography blogs earlier as well. This year I heard about a ban on this flower plant in an Indian state and the UAE because most of the parts of this plant are extremely poisonous. In fact, its name in Sanskrit (kaajamaaraka) means that it is dangerous enough to kill even a horse.
Actually, as far as I know, the reason for banning this flower in both Indian states and UAE is the same. These flowers are often used to offer to God, and usually flowers, fruits, diya, etc. are kept together in a puja thali and perhaps in an accident someone accidentally ate some leaves of this flower along with the prasaad due to which he/she died and after investigation, as soon as the reason was known, the ban on this flower plant came to light.
So yes, people have lost their lives by eating it unknowingly, so it is acceptable for the government to ban it. But the government authority of the place where I live probably does not want to treat this plant so badly, of course, some people may die, #JustJoking! :D
I think there are many things in nature that are extremely harmful to life in some form or another, but you can use them for the betterment of life in different ways, but only if you have the correct and complete knowledge about them.
There must be hundreds of plants in the sequence of this flower in the park of my area, and I have not a single problem with these plants provided a little is spent on spreading awareness about the dangers associated with it. :)
But anyway, this flower blooms almost all year round and this current blossom is the last one of this season. Most of them are just buds and a few that have bloomed are also not as big and glowing as the blooms of summer and rainy season. Probably they have also started feeling a little cold.鈽冿笍
By the way, this darkness is not because of any editing, but these photos were taken after the sun had almost set, that is why they are so dark. I was hoping that some different magic would be added to the photos in the evening, but because of this darkness, the magic also got lost in the dark. 馃槅HaHa!
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