Neelakurinji season concludes in Chokramudi and Korandakkad
An active bloom is set to unfold at the higher elevations at Meesapulimala, which is likely to open to visitors starting next week.
The Neelakurinji blooming season in Chokramudi and Korandakkad, located in the Munnar hills, has come to an end. This year, the flowering primarily occurred on the Chokramudi hills, which are managed by the Forest department, and on Korandakkad, under the Kanan Devan Hills Plantations. Smaller hills across Munnar also experienced blooms this season.
The Chokramudi hills, which faced encroachment in August 2024, showed a remarkable revival following protests by local residents who formed the Chokramudi Protection Council. Botanist Jomy Augustine, an expert on Neelakurinji, described the bloom as a natural ecological revival. After the flowering concludes, seeds will fall by January, and new seedlings will start germinating by June, leading to the next mass bloom by 2038.
Both Chokramudi and Korandakkad were accessible to tourists from August to October, attracting thousands of visitors to witness the purplish-blue slopes. The bloom is now moving to higher elevations at Meesapulimala, managed by the Kerala Forest Development Corporation, which plans to open to visitors starting next week.
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