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Munnar's stunning blue carpet

“I just wish the world was twice as big and half of it was still unexplored.” 
—Quote by David Attenborough
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Three rivers meet here in ecstasy
five thousand feet above sea level
guarded by range of mountains and hills
where tea, coffee, rose, cardamom breeze
stupefies air, mist completes the drink.
With bated breath all that breathe just wait
for NeelaKurinji, fine blue blooms
blooming only once every twelve years
Will she survive more such proud seasons?

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Linda Alice Fowler Date: 4/9/2025 6:14:00 AM Fascinating dear Thriveni. I feel as though I sit waiting for that arrival of blue. Thank you. Congratulations! :) Login to Reply thriveni c mysore Date: 4/9/2025 9:38:00 PM Oh it is spectacular dear poet. Thank you for your kind visit. I am glad you liked, you can see photos recorded since 1982, 12 years is a long wait, the site is: https://www.keralatourism.org/neelakurinji/photo-gallery

Valsa George Date: 4/8/2025 9:46:00 PM I can so well relate to what you have described here, as I have been to Munnar over a dozen times. When ever we plan a short trip, we think of Munnar. In summer, it is a pleasure staying in the cool clime of Munnar for a couple of days. The blue carpet is not always visible there. But the green carpet of tea plantations is a heart warming sight. Congratulations, dear friend. Login to Reply thriveni c mysore Date: 4/8/2025 10:32:00 PM You are so blessed to have visited this paradise many times dear friend. In truth I was waiting for your precious comments on this poem dear. I was there once on an educational tour, but not on the flowering year. waiting for 2030! Thank you for your kind visit and words dear poet. thank you.

Paula Goldsmith Date: 4/7/2025 12:12:00 PM Congratulations on your win. I love your write. I have never heard about this flower. We learn so much here on Soup. Thanks... Have a blessed day with your win................ Login to Reply thriveni c mysore Date: 4/7/2025 8:12:00 PM Thank you so much for your kind visit dear poet. I am glad you liked this flower, it is rare bloom. do find pleasant time to go through this site, you can see the photos recorded since 1982 here: https://www.keralatourism.org/neelakurinji/photo-gallery

Anne-Lise Andresen Date: 4/7/2025 12:08:00 PM - A beautiful poem, Thriveni :) - Congratulations on your win in the contest :) - hugs Login to Reply thriveni c mysore Date: 4/7/2025 8:10:00 PM Thank you dear poet for your kind visit. I am glad you liked this write. Thank you so much for sweet message, ah grateful for the hugs dear poet, thank you. hugs..

Kim Rodrigues Date: 4/7/2025 9:55:00 AM Congrats, Thriveni! A lovely setting! Login to Reply thriveni c mysore Date: 4/7/2025 8:09:00 PM Yeah! lovely place it is. Thank you for your kind visit and words dear friend, brings me smile, warms my heart, thank you very much for this positive feel.

Sotto Poet Date: 4/7/2025 7:54:00 AM Your poem evokes a distinct sense of beauty. Nuanced feelings and imagery. Congratulations on your well-deserved win, Thriveni Login to Reply thriveni c mysore Date: 4/7/2025 8:08:00 PM Thank you for your kind visit and generous words dear poet. Your thoughts on this write is precious to me, thank you very much dear poet. thank you.

Krishnanand Guptar Date: 4/7/2025 1:33:00 AM Congratulations dear friend for your high placement with a beautiful poem on a rare flower. Thanks also for sharing this information. Wish you a pleasant day full of divine blessings. Login to Reply thriveni c mysore Date: 4/7/2025 8:05:00 PM Thank you dear friend for your kind visit and words. It is an endemic flower. I am grateful to you for the good wishes and blessings dear poet. thank you.

Krishnanand Guptar Date: 4/7/2025 1:33:00 AM Congratulations dear friend for your high placement with a beautiful poem on a rare flower. Thanks also for sharing this information. Wish you a pleasant day full of divine blessings. Login to Reply thriveni c mysore Date: 4/7/2025 8:06:00 PM Thank you again, guess the submit was clicked twice. Thank you for your precious time dear poet.

Joe Dimino Date: 4/5/2025 5:32:00 AM Hopefully yes! Sounds beautiful. This is new to me, off to research. Divine read. Thank you. Login to Reply thriveni c mysore Date: 4/5/2025 6:03:00 AM Thank you for your pleasant visit and kind words dear poet. Means so much to me. Thank you. You can see the photos recorded since 1982 here: https://www.keralatourism.org/neelakurinji/photo-gallery

Beryl Edmonds Date: 4/5/2025 2:00:00 AM I’ve never heard of NeelaKurinji blooms before, a beautiful flower that only blooms every twelfth year. A lovey poem thriveni… Beryl Login to Reply thriveni c mysore Date: 4/5/2025 6:05:00 AM strange are the ways of nature, I am surprised at the fact that it lays dormant for 12 years and keeps count! I had the pleasure of visiting Munnar dear friend. Thank you for your kind visit and words. Do look at the photos recorded here since 1982: https://www.keralatourism.org/neelakurinji/photo-gallery

Reya Suri Date: 4/4/2025 6:46:00 PM What a nice place!! The way you describe it is so elegant and light; and though I cannot find a rhyme scheme, this flows well! Login to Reply thriveni c mysore Date: 4/4/2025 7:00:00 PM You caught my Achilles' heel dear friend! I am not good in rhymes! Rhymes are leash to my thoughts, I let them run wild. But your words sets me to think.. may be I should try. Thank you dear friend for your kind visit. It is a beautiful place, next flowering season is in 2030. there is a site that has recorded photos from 1982, please find time to visit to scroll through them, thank you dear poet. the site is https://www.keralatourism.org/neelakurinji/photo-gallery

Gary Radice Date: 4/4/2025 10:22:00 AM Your description of Munnar has me now wanting to visit the region in the Western Ghats mountain range. :) I just had to Google the NeelaKurinji plant: "Strobilanthes kunthiana, known as Kurinji or Neelakurinji in Tamil language and Malayalam and Gurige in Kannada, is a shrub of the bear's breeches family (Acanthaceae)....The purplish blue flower blossoms only once in 12 years, and gave the Nilgiri Mountains range its name as nil (blue) + giri (mountains)" Wow! Cheers - Gary Login to Reply thriveni c mysore Date: 4/4/2025 6:52:00 PM https://www.keralatourism.org/neelakurinji/photo-gallery you can see the blooms recorded from 1982 in this site. Thank you so much for your kind visit and precious time my dear poet. I am glad you searched, it is heavenly place for nature lovers. Thank you so much.

John Read Date: 4/4/2025 9:59:00 AM Hi thriveni that is a place I would love to see, sounds like paradise, have a lovely day dear friend. Login to Reply thriveni c mysore Date: 4/4/2025 6:49:00 PM It is an angelic place dear poet, the next flowering is expected in 2030, the flowers stay for about 2 and half months. you can track the photos from 1982 here https://www.keralatourism.org/neelakurinji/photo-gallery thank you dear poet for your kind visit, I am grateful to you for your time. thank you.