singara -- the flower of the arcanut.

Along the coastline worship of the idols or any special austerities gets multifold when the flowers of Arcanut are used.


The flowers are beautiful and casacading, so much so they are called sringara hoovu or the beautifying flowers.-- ಹೂವು ಚೆಲುವೆಲ್ಲ ತನ್ನದೆಂದಿತು

Women are known to tuck this flower into the hair.— ಹೆಣ್ಣು ಹೂವ ಮುಡಿದು ಚೆಲುವೆ ತಾನೆಂದಿತು

The pingara or singara flowers .
The photographs show the flower vendor at Udupi rathabeedi stringing the singara flowers.