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Kurinji Flowers blooming beautifully at Doddabetta Mountain in Nilgiri District

Kurinji Flowers blooming beautifully at Doddabetta Mountain in Nilgiri District, tourists come and enjoy visiting this Kurinji Flower.

The speciality of Kurinji Flower is it will bloom once in 12 years, which were found in western ghats of Tamilnadu.Especially there are plenty of flowers in the areas of Nilgiri District such as Ooty, Manjoor, Ebbanadu and Kinnakorai.

Postage Stamps have issued inorder to explain the significance of the Kurinji Flowers.There are more than 140 varieties of Kurinji flowers including the annual blooming Kurinji flowers, Few varieties of Kurinji flowers will bloom once in 3 years  and rare variety of Kurinji flower which will bloom16 to 18 years interval.

The rarest kind of Kurinji flower, which will bloom at the interval between 12 to 16 years has been bloomed at Dhoddabetta mountain area.The tourists come to visit and they marveled and got surprised by seeing this rare kind flower.

The Kurinji Flower named "Stropilanthus Jinkrainus" has bloomed, which will bloom only between 16 to 18 years interval.In the beginning, there were more Kurinji Flowers of this kind present in Nilgiri District.The count has been decreased due to foreign art plants such as Parthenium and Landana.So the plans are organized on behalf of The District Forest Department to protect these type of plants.

The honey extracted from Kurinji Flower has medicinal value and the Tribal People in Nilgiri District using Kurinji Flower for their Traditional Medicine.