Nilakurinji is one of the rareest flowers in the world. This rare flower blossoms once every 12 years. These flowers are found in lonely mountainous areas far away from the city of Munshar in south-western Kerala state of India. When the blue tree is flooded, the mountainous area covers the purple color.
He wrote in the book 'Kurinji: The Flow of the Blue Mountains' written by Roy Mathew, the former editor of The Hindu, that this rare flower does not grow anywhere in the world. The people of Muthuvan ethnic groups living in the Kerala forest believe that kurinji is a symbol of love and romance.
According to BBC Online news, the location of the Munar area at 1,600 meters above sea level. This area is known in the cultivation of tea, coffee and spices. The area is very attractive to the tourists.
Nilakurinji, briefly known as a kurinzee. It is a plant of strawberryanthus; Which is a species of approximately 350 species of flowering plants. Of which 59 species are scattered in the Indian Peninsula.
Different species of strawberryanthas are photographed differently. Some species have 4, 6, 10, 12-even 16 years later. Most of the growth is incompatible and it is not visible to them. These flowers are in boiling, where the land is reduced due to tea, spicy cultivation and growing construction and the wide range of roads.
Neelakurinji means 'blue flowers or blue flores'. These flowers combine in the protected areas of the hill. These flowers are covered by the shades of blue, covering the hills like a carpet. At the end of the season, blue streaks contain violet colors. This flower season runs from August to October.
Since this flower blossoms once in 12 years, it is called 'super bloom'. To go to Nilakurinji, 45 km away from the town of Munchera, in the reserved area reserved for the Kurigimala sanctuary.
Local environmental activist and Mohan said, seeing boiling blue heparin is really something special. Because we have to wait to see it for the next 12 years. I could live somewhere else because of work or marriage. Even in this period we can die.