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If the name, Lotus, stirs you in unexpected ways you could be thinking about the expensive and exotic British race car, The Lotus.\u00a0Or maybe you’re thinking about the California town named Lotus not far from Coloma. They have a music festival each year that some refer to as the Lotus festival. There’s a band, software and many Chinese restaurants with Lotus in their name. But the Lotus that captures the hearts and minds of some fans\u00a0this summer is\u00a0a flower\u00a0which happens to be\u00a0sacred for Hindus and Buddhists. The\u00a0exotic,\u00a0delicate-looking\u00a0aquatic perennial grows\u00a0from shallow pools of water,\u00a0often sprouting petals of pastel\u00a0pink or lavender\u00a0colors. One attraction and two festivals (that we know of) in California celebrate the Lotus. At Lotusland in Santa Barbara you can see flowers seasonally in bloom during regularly scheduled tours. One highlight at the 37 acre botanical garden is \u00a0Lotusfest<\/a> in July. \u00a0Another festival with a long tradition is the\u00a0Lotus Festival<\/a> in Echo Park, Los Angeles. It is also held in July.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If the name, Lotus, stirs you in unexpected ways you could be thinking about the expensive and exotic British race car, The Lotus.\u00a0Or maybe you’re thinking about the California town named Lotus not far from Coloma. They have a music festival each year that some refer to as the Lotus festival. There’s a band, software […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20433"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20433\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}