Munnar Turns Purple! The Flower That Blooms Once Every 12 Years Has Everyone Talking
There is something magical about a flower that refuses to hurry For nearly years the Neelakurinji grows quietly across the highlands of the Western Ghats Then almost as if following nature s own calendar it bursts into bloom and transforms the hills into a breathtaking carpet of blue-violet That rare spectacle is now unfolding around Munnar Large stretches of the Korandakkad and Chokramudi hills near Mattupetty have begun flowering with the season starting in August The Chokramudi area was opened to visitors on August according to an ANI report And as September progresses forest officials expect the bloom to spread further across the higher slopes including parts of Meesapulimala But What About The sight has sparked an intriguing question If Neelakurinji is blooming in has the famous bloom arrived four years early Not quite The answer lies in the flower s remarkable biology and the fact that different Neelakurinji populations
