Neelakurinji Subject: Geography Context: The mass blooming of the Strobilantheskunthiana, known commonly as the neelakurinji, gave the Nilgiris (the blue mountains) its iconic name as the slopes were covered once in 12 years by the mass blooming of the shrub. For some tribals, who were the first settlers of Kodaikanal, the bloom helped them to calculate their age — […]