It is related that once Narada brought a flower of this tree to Dwaraka and presented it to his friend Krishna. He waited to see to to which of his wives Krishna gave the flower. The flower was given to Rukmini, and Narada went straight to Satyabhama and made a show of sorrow. On her enquiring why he was not in good cheer, the sage told Satyabhama, that he had presented Krishna with a flower of the Parijata tree thinking that she was her favourite wife and he would present it to her, but was grieved to find that Krishna had given it to Rukmini.

Parijata is a divine flower revered in India.  The botanical name of Parijata is Nyctanthes arbor-trestis. Nyctanthes means a flower which blooms in the night and arbor-trestis means a “sad tree”. Thus it is also known as the “tree of sorrow”, as the flowers bloom in the late evening and wither with the first rays of sun falling on them at dawn. The tree looks sad in the m

It is fabled that, after Krishna’s death, Dwaraka was submerged in the ocean and the Parijata tree was taken back to heaven.