Mythology
Parijat, Nyctanthes arbor-tristis, appears in several Hindu myths and is often related to the Kalpavriksha. In one myth, which appears in Bhagavata Purana, the Mahabharata and the Vishnu Purana, Parijat appeared as the result of the Samudra manthan (Churning of the Milky Ocean). Lord Krishna battled with Indra to win parijat. Further on his wife Satyabhama demanded the tree to be planted in the backyard of her palace. It so happenned that inspite of having the tree in her backyard, the flowers used to fall in the adjacent backyard of the other queen Rukmini who was favourite of Lord Krishna. Satyabhama used to resent this.
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