IDUKKI, India — The Idukki district’s Shalom Kunnu (Shalom hills) in the southern Indian state of Kerala under the Santhanpara Panchayat is blossoming with the blue Neelakurinji flowers, which bloom once every 12 years. Strobilanthes Kunthiana, known as Neelakurinji and Kurinji in Malayalam and Tamil, is a shrub found in the Shola forests of the Western Ghats in Kerala and Tamil Nadu. The Nilgiri Hills, which means […]
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