The rarest of rare blooms! Neelakurinji flowers blossom in Karnataka after 12 years

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 The rarest of rare blooms! Neelakurinji flowers blossom in Karnataka after 12 years






Karnataka's Mandalapatti hills are blossoming with the blue Neelakurinji flowers, which blooms once every 12 years. A few photos of a rare type of flower wowed people after they were shared on social media platforms.

The pictures have been shared on Twitter by news agency ANI. While sharing the photos, they also posted a small yet descriptive caption. "Neelakurinji flowers, which bloom once every 12 years, seen at Mandalapatti hill in Kodagu district," they wrote.





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