Written by Pathi Venkata Thadhagath | Edited by Sohini Goswami
Karnataka’s Chikkamaguluru has been witnessing a large crowd as vacationers thronged to have a glimpse of Neelkurinji flowers, which bloom as soon as in 12 years. Photographs of those purple-coloured flowers have additionally flooded social media, turning the plush inexperienced western ghats into purplish.
BJP minister Shoba Karandlaje took to social media and shared a video on the flowers and requested vacationers to go to Chikkamaguluru. “Neelakurinji, an distinctive number of flowers, are native to the Western Ghats and blossom as soon as each 12 years. The imposing terrains of Mullayanagiri in Chikmagalur have become a habitat for the purplish-blue flowers. Go to Chikkamagaluru for a spellbinding expertise. (Sic)”
Many photographers and Instagram influencers have additionally reached Chikkamaguluru to doc the uncommon blooming. A physician, named Durgaprasad Hegde, shared a breath-taking video of a hill, coated with the Neelkurinji flowers. He wrote, “NeelaKurinji in full bloom after 12 years in Mullayanagiri peak, Chikmagalur. Kurinji is a shrub discovered within the Western Ghats, Nilgiri Hills, which suggests the blue mountains, received their title from the purplish-blue flowers of Neelakurinji”
The flowers can solely be seen within the Western Ghats and will also be present in areas like Ooty in Tamil Nadu and Munnar in Kerala. “In India, they’re primarily present in South India. It’s primarily discovered within the Western Ghats of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Karnataka, together with Ooty and Munnar,” he wrote.