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Nymphaea
Spotted in a artificial stream.
Its not a lotus as you can see the difference in middle part of flower
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sacred...
Hello again. I don't think that this is a lotus as lotus leaves are solid and do not have a split in them like water lilies. I would suggest that this beautiful flower is a water lily of some kind.