![]() ![]() “The CEC area next year will look like a purple blanket of flowers, but for now, Mumbaikars can spot these small patches in bloom for the next 10 days,” the naturalist added. ![]() She added that the mass blooming of the eighth year takes place between August and September 2024. ![]() These shrubs remain in a vegetative state for several years and every eight years, the city witnesses mass blooming of karvi,” Vidushi Jaiswal (below), a freelance naturalist told this diarist. “Recently, when I went on a trail at CEC, I spotted sporadic patches of karvi that grow on small shrubs. One such gem is blooming in the Aarey forest, specifically, at the Conservation Education Centre (CEC) run by Bombay Natural History Society in Goregaon East.Right now, roughly 80 to 100 karvi flowers (Strobilanthes callosa) are in bloom at the centre. But the city also has unique flora to showcase. People usually associate Mumbai with skyscrapers, local trains, and all things concrete or infrastructure-related. Karvi flowers in bloom at the Conservation Education Centre in Goregaon East. So, when this diarist spotted six to seven customised vehicles (below) in Kandivali West, to commemorate people who fasted without disturbing the Ganesh pandal on their way, we were happy to see how this city celebrates all its people, religions and communities - in entirety. Tuesday saw the end of the Jain community’s Paryushan festival and the beginning of Ganeshotsav, predominantly a Maharashtrian festival. What makes our city stand out in this country? It’s not the urban infrastructure, healthcare, or Victorian and Art Deco ensembles. The commemorative procession by the Jain community ![]()
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