Editing Mango (section)

== Culture ==
[[File:Ellora cave34 001.jpg|thumb|left|An image of [[Ambika (Jainism)|Ambika]] under a mango tree in Cave 34 of the [[Ellora Caves]]]]

The mango is the [[List of national fruits|national fruit]] of India.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://india.gov.in/knowindia/national_fruit.php | title=National Fruit | work=Know India | publisher=Government of India | access-date=17 August 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100820044013/http://india.gov.in/knowindia/national_fruit.php | archive-date=20 August 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.india.gov.in/knowindia/national_symbols.php?id=13|title=National Fruit|access-date=4 November 2015|archive-date=20 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200420013005/https://archive.india.gov.in/knowindia/national_symbols.php?id=13|url-status=dead}}</ref> It is also the [[List of national trees|national tree]] of Bangladesh.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://bdnews24.com/details.php?id=179003&cid=2 | title=Mango tree, national tree | publisher=BDnews24.com | access-date=16 November 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223112811/http://www.bdnews24.com/details.php?id=179003&cid=2 | archive-date=23 December 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2010/11/15/mango-tree-national-tree|title=Mango tree, national tree|work=bdnews24.com}}</ref> In India, harvest and sale of mangoes is during March–May and this is annually covered by news agencies.<ref name=NYTAllen>{{cite news |author=Jonathan Allen |date=10 May 2006 |title=Mango Mania in India |url=http://travel.nytimes.com/2006/05/10/travel/10mumbailetter.html?pagewanted=1&_r=0 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=4 September 2013}}</ref>

The mango has a traditional context in the culture of South Asia. In his [[Edicts of Ashoka|edicts]], the Mauryan emperor [[Ashoka]] references the planting of fruit- and shade-bearing trees along imperial roads:

<blockquote>"On the roads [[banyan]]-trees were caused to be planted by me, (in order that) they might afford shade to cattle and men, (and) mango-groves were caused to be planted."</blockquote>

In medieval India, the Indo-Persian poet [[Amir Khusrau]] termed the mango "''Naghza Tarin Mewa Hindustan''" – "the fairest fruit of Hindustan". Mangoes were enjoyed at the court of the Delhi Sultan [[Alauddin Khalji|Alauddin Khijli]]. The Mughal Empire was especially fond of the fruits: [[Babur]] praises the mango in his ''[[Baburnama|Babarnameh]]''. At the same time, [[Sher Shah Suri]] inaugurated the creation of the [[Chaunsa]] variety after his victory over the Mughal emperor [[Humayun]]. Mughal patronage of horticulture led to the grafting of thousands of mangoes varieties, including the famous [[Totapuri]], which was the first variety to be exported to Iran and Central Asia.{{citation needed|date=February 2022}} [[Akbar]] (1556{{ndash}}1605) is said to have planted a mango orchard of 100,000 trees near [[Darbhanga]], Bihar,<ref name="MJMorgan">{{cite news |author=Curtis Morgan |date=22 June 1995 |title=The Nation Is Discovering What South Floridans Have Long Known: Mango Is the Sexiest Fruit on Earth |newspaper=The Miami Herald |department=Food |page=1E |quote="Mango culture owes much to Akbar, emperor of India's Mogul conquerors from 1556 to 1605, who planted an orchard of 100,000 trees near Darbhanga in Eastern India."}}</ref> while [[Jahangir]] and [[Shah Jahan]] ordered the planting of mango orchards in Lahore and Delhi and the creation of mango-based desserts.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/7-days/peeling-the-emperor-of-fruits/cid/1315532|title=Peeling the Emperor of Fruits|last=Sen|first=Upala|date=June 2017|website=The Telegraph (India)}}</ref>

The [[Jain]] goddess [[Ambika (Jainism)|Ambika]] is traditionally represented as sitting under a mango tree.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.exoticindia.com/book/details/ambika-in-jaina-art-and-literature-IDH453/|title=Ambika In Jaina Art And Literature|via=exoticindiaart.com}}</ref> Mango blossoms are also used in the worship of the goddess [[Saraswati]]. Mango leaves decorate archways and doors in Indian houses during weddings and celebrations such as [[Ganesh Chaturthi]]. Mango [[Motif (textile arts)|motifs]] and [[Paisley (design)|paisleys]] are widely used in different Indian [[embroidery]] styles, and are found in [[Kashmir]]i shawls, [[Kanchipuram]] and silk [[saree]]s. In [[Tamil Nadu]], the mango is referred to as one of the three royal fruits, along with banana and [[jackfruit]], for their sweetness and flavor.<ref>{{cite book |vauthors=Subrahmanian N, Hikosaka S, Samuel GJ |title=Tamil social history |year=1997 |page=88 |url={{google books|plainurl=y|id=PXXsAAAAIAAJ}}|access-date=23 March 2010}}</ref> This triad of fruits is referred to as ''ma-pala-vazhai''. The classical Sanskrit poet [[Kalidasa]] sang the praises of mangoes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://in.lifestyle.yahoo.com/his-highness--mango-maharaja--an-endless-obsession.html |title=His highness, Mango maharaja: An endless obsession – Yahoo! Lifestyle India |publisher=Yahoo! |date=29 May 2012 |access-date=14 June 2013 |archive-date=16 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130316215241/http://in.lifestyle.yahoo.com/his-highness--mango-maharaja--an-endless-obsession.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Mangoes were the subject of the [[mango cult]] in China during the [[Cultural Revolution]] as symbols of chairman [[Mao Zedong]]'s love for the people.<ref name="tele_HowC">{{cite news |title=How China came to worship the mango during the Cultural Revolution |last=Moore |first=Malcolm |others=Additional reporting by Valentina Luo |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=7 March 2013 |access-date=28 September 2015 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/9914895/How-China-came-to-worship-the-mango-during-the-Cultural-Revolution.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/9914895/How-China-came-to-worship-the-mango-during-the-Cultural-Revolution.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
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File:Mango tree Kerala in full bloom.jpg|A mango tree in full bloom
File:Flora Sinensis - Mango.JPG|The mango illustrated by [[Michael Boym]] in the 1656 book [[Flora Sinensis]]
File:Chaunsa.JPG|Chaunsa mango from Pakistan
File:Mango Maya.jpg|A nearly ripened purple mango, Israel
File:Sindhri Mango.JPG|[[Sindhri]] mango
File:Shan-e-khuda.jpeg|[[Shan-e-Khuda]], a mango grown in Pakistan
File:Mango round about.JPG|Mango [[roundabout]], [[Rajshahi]], Bangladesh.
File:Guntur Mango.jpg|Banganpalli mangoes in a street market
File:Mangoes in Paris farmer's market.JPG|Mangos in a Paris farmers' market
File:Celebrating Pakistani Mangoes in France (9542655673).jpg|Celebrating Pakistani Mangoes in France
File:alphonso mango.jpg|[[Alphonso (mango)|Alphonso mangoes]], named after [[Afonso de Albuquerque]], a [[List of governors of Portuguese India|Governor of Portuguese India
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