Kerala's Shalomkunnu (Shalom hills) in Idukki are blossoming with the blue Neelakurinji flowers, which blooms once every 12 years. Strobilanthes Kunthiana, known as Neelakurinji and Kurinji in Malayalam and Tamil, is a shrub found in the Shola forests of the Western Ghats in Kerala and Tamil Nadu. These hills are not open for tourists due to COVID-19 this time.