Monsoon Flowers in Sahyadri

The scorching, dry summer bakes Sahyadri's hilltops. Dark monsoon clouds began to amass on the horizon sometime in the final week of May. Sahyadri's majestic summits will soon be covered in an endless sea of clouds. Monsoon brings new elixirs of life to the hills, and life covers every inch of the land.

Suddenly, the mountains are covered in carpets of gorgeous wildflowers. During the monsoon season, this bloom appears twice. The first bloom occurs shortly after the first rains fall, and it is only very briefly present, lasting one or two weeks. The second bloom starts in midSeptember when the rains are on their final leg and lasts until mid-October.

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