Ssurvivor: Kurinji Malar Flower

Kurinji Malar Flower

They also calculated their age as multiples of the flowering cycle of kurinji. I came across your blog searching for the pictures of the flowers.

Kurinji Flowers Bloom In Kodaikanal 2018 After 12 Years Youtube

Once in 12 years.

Kurinji malar flower. Gregarious flowering of neelakurinji strobilanthes kunthiana takes place once in 12 years between july and december. Kurinji flower is used to describe the associated mountainous landscape where it blooms in classical tamil literature. The peak season will be between august and september.

The name of the region kurinchi is also the name of the famous kurinji flower strobilanthes kunthiana from the lofty hills of tamil country. The best time to watch this is from august 2018 to october 2018 and the best place to watch the hills in blue are eravikulam rajamala and top station. The plant neelakurinji plant falls in the shrub category and is usually 30 to 60 cm high but they can grow well beyond 180 cm under amiable environmental conditions.

My mother was reminiscing about all the beautiful flowers like manoranjitham and shenbagam flowers which used to be so common when she was a little girl but have almost disappeared now. It grows at an altitude of 1300 to 2400 meters. Local variations are possible.

The muthuvan lore has it that their god married valli a veda tribal hunter girl by weaving a garland of kurinji flowers kurinji malar around her neck. Neelakurinji is a bell shaped flower which blooms once in twelve years. Neelakurinji a flower which blooms once in twelve years can be seen on the hill ranges of munnar in idukki district of keralawill be next bloom in 2018.

Kurinji is the flower of lord muruga murukan. I was curious as i have not even seen a manoranjitham or. Thank you for this lovely post.

There is a local variant of this flower in munnar which is expected to mass bloom this year between september and december. The strobilanthes a shrub whose brilliant white flowers blossom for only a few days once every ten or twelve years blanketing the slopes in radiant whiteness under the sun. During its bloom it turns the hills of nilgiri into a beautiful shade of blue.

The famous poetic fragment red earth and pouring rain from tamil literary piece kuruntokai makes an indirect reference to the flower. He wears the sparkling red kantal flower and rides a peacock the bird of the mountains. Kurinji the flower of the blue mountains book on the fabled kurinji that blooms once in 12 years and the kurinji lore illustrated by more than 25 high quality colour photos.

For them kurinji is the symbol of love and romance. The kurinji flowers grow in places of high altitude with a chilly climate. 5 மனவகளட எமஆரரத எனன கரணததறகக ரதகவ.

It flowers earlier in some areas of kodaikanal.