The Nilgiris forest division has deployed personnel from the forest department to prevent tourists and local residents from disturbing the gregarious flowering of Strobilanthes plants near Udhagamandalam. Divisional Forest Officer, S. Gowtham, said that one the sites where the Neelakurinji have bloomed was located within a reserve forest in the Nilgiris forest division. Officials stated that local residents near the …
A lazy sun peeps through the mist revealing hills carpeted in blue flowers. It is that time of the year when the shola grasslands of the Western Ghats, stretching from Tamil Nadu and Kerala to Karnataka, Goa and Maharashtra blossom. The flower has a natural lifecycle that it follows year after year, a miracle of Nature,” he says, adding that …
Published : Oct 08, 2022 18:43 IST One doesn’t have to go all the way to the Scottish highlands these days to enjoy the sight of rolling hillsides covered with purple flowers. A 275-km drive from Bengaluru takes one to Chikkamagaluru’s Chandradrona Hills, which are presently carpeted with the beautiful neelakurinji flowers that make their appearance once in several years, …
Idukki's Shalomkunnu under the Santhanpara Panchayat are blossoming with the blue Neelakurinji flowers, which blooms once every 12 years. Strobilanthes Kunthiana, known as Neelakurinji and Kurinji in Malayalam and Tamil, is a shrub that is found in the Shola forests of the Western Ghats. Strobilanthes Kunthiana, known as Neelakurinji and Kurinji in Malayalam and Tamil, is a shrub that is …
