Mysterious udumbara flower – which only blooms once in 3,000 years – spotted worldwide

The udumbara flower must be one of the rarest flowers on the planet and it is certainly one of the most mysterious…

According to Buddhist scripture, it blossoms only once every 3000 years and when it does it is said to herald a world event of great importance.

The fragrant flower – whose name means “an auspicious flower from heaven” – is found on top of a thin stem and is surprisingly resilient for something so small.

Now that is again being spotted around the world after a 3,000 year absence, people are asking what it really means.

Udumbara’s flowers can bloom on almost any surface and they have been seen on wood, metal and even under a nun’s washing machine.

Some say its appearance signals the imminent arrival of a celestial being or that some other great and significant change is about to happen in the world.

According to Buddhist legend, the udumbara flower is a supernatural phenomena which is not of this world and appears to mark the arrival of a Holy King who offers salvation to all through compassion.

The flower is last said to have bloomed before the birth of Buddha in 623 BC and has not been seen since then until relatively recently.

It was spotted in South Korea in 1997 when it appeared on a statue of Buddha and since then there have been a number of other sightings of this rare and mysterious flower.

People who’ve found the udumbara flower in recent years have reported keeping it for long periods of time without it withering, and even say it sprung back to life after being crushed.

In 2010, Chinese state-run media reported sightings of the flower, which it called ‘celestial.’ All such articles were removed shortly after they were published by the atheist regime, but by then they had spread across the Internet.

The story was picked up by The Telegraph in the UK which reported that the flower had been found in the home of Chinese nun Miao Wei, 50, who discovered the cluster of white flowers under her washing machine while cleaning.

At first she thought the stems were worm eggs until the next day when she noted that they had grown 18 white tiny flowers on top and smelled “fragrant.”

Other sightings have been made by a Chinese farmer who spotted a cluster of 38 of the flowers growing on a steel pipe in his garden.

It was also seen at Chonggye-sa Temple in Seoul where the flower blossomed on a statue of Buddha.

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