Plumeria (Araliya) and Peradeniya University

Plumeria (Araliya) and Peradeniya University

Plumeria, also known as frangipani, is a genus of flowering plants in the subfamily Rauvolfioideae, of the family Apocynaceae.

Frangipani was a restaurant we use to frequent during our University days, I hope it is still functioning after the Coronavirus debacle

Most species are deciduous shrubs or small trees. 

The species are native to the Neotropical realm (in Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean, and as far south as Brazil and as far north as Florida in the United States) but are often grown as cosmopolitan ornamentals in tropical regions, especially in Hawaii, as well as hot desert climates in the Arabian Peninsula with proper irrigation.

Yes, a few years after my retirement, I visited Peradeniya University just to a take few photographs of them in the background.

I just forget where I kept those photographs.

I did take my regular camera and I cannot see them in the camera.

Perhaps, I copied them to the PC and deleted them from my camera.

The colours of them come from pure white to crimson and many shades.

The point I discuss today is, all these colours and flowers too, fade just like our lives fade away in our retirement as if we have never existed.

One should remind this fact on  the coming Wesak POYA DAY (not Anura type of politics), that everything in this world is transient and fluid and do not forget to meditate on that fact, when one offers flowers to Buddha.

These Niragamikoyo laugh at these meditative acts, and I am sure they would end up in Niraya.

Yes, the Niraya is the end point of Niragamikayos!