Parijat(The Flower of God)

Parijat Flower

According to the ancient Vedas and Purans, Parijat is a heavenly tree brought to earth by lord Krishna. A wrangle over it ensued between Satyabhama and Rukmini, Krishna's wives.


Parijat Flower is a beautiful small flower, with snow-white petals and a red stalk. This flower blooms only at night and sheds flowers before sunrise. The Parijat flowers is also used in Medicine.
“Parijat” is also known as ‘Harsinghar’ in Hindi and ‘Shefali’ in Bengali. It bears the botanical name of Nycatanthes Arbortristis. Nyctanthes which means ‘night flowering’ and Arbortristis means ‘The sad tree’ or ‘The tree of sorrow’ as in the early morning when it has dropped its flowers, the tree appears to look sad. Flower lovers wake up in the early morning to collect

them and generally place them in a flat dish to make their rooms fresh and fragrant.
In India, Parijat grows in the outer Himalayas at the height of about 1400 meters, and are found in tracts of Jammu & Kashmir, Nepal to East of Assam, Bengal, Tripura extended through the Central region up to Godavari in the South. Besides India, they are found in Thailand, Indonesia, Nepal and Pakistan.