28+ Kurinji Landscape Of The Mountains Gif. Strobilanthes kunthiana, known as kurinji or neelakurinji in tamil, is a shrub that is found in the shola forests of the western ghats in kerala. Out of the five segments of sangam landscapes kurinji, mullai, marudham, neidhal, paalai in tamil nadu, kurinji represents the mountainous regions where the flower kurinji abundantly blooms.
Nilgiri hills, which literally means the blue mountains, got their name from the purplish blue flowers of neelakurinji that blossoms only once in 12 years.
Out of the five segments of sangam landscapes kurinji, mullai, marudham, neidhal, paalai in tamil nadu, kurinji represents the mountainous regions where the flower kurinji abundantly blooms. The pallani hills were one of the six abodes of lord murugan (or cheyon), the primary deity of all people of the hills in tamil nadu. There is a strong lobby active in usurping government land and encroaching into the kurinji grasslands and hills. Such colorful surreal landscaped can be found in other countries as well as in china.