When I see pictures of my friends and family living abroad posting pictures of Spring and Fall on their social media accounts, I often wonder what is so special about Fall and Spring abroad, especially the US? Why do we Indians living in India never go gung-ho about our Spring and Fall? Actually in India also we get to see a gorgeous ensemble of colour during our Spring months. Don’t we?
This time I visited Shantiniketan during spring and inside the campus of Viswa Bharathi University came across this lovely yellow Radhachura tree. In English, this tree is commonly known as copperpod, yellow-flamboyant, yellow flametree, yellow poinciana or yellow-flame.
Let me share with you an interesting trivia, red Gulmohar tree in known in Bengali as Krishnachura and yellow flametree is called Radhachura. As you must have noticed that red and yellow tree are always next to each other and therefore they are named after Radha and Krishna, the ultimate love birds of Hindu mythology.
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Linking this post to #ThursdayTreeLove-41 hosted by my blogger friend Parul @ Happiness and food.
You’re quite right about people going crazy over Fall and Spring abroad . Why we have our seasons too and the trees do look wonderful at different times of the year ….
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Yes..they behave as if India is colourless… whereas we do have our seasonal colours..thanks Sunita for the comment
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I think the reason I am so excited over Fall and Spring here in the US (L9ng island, N.Y.) are the bursts of color. After a deal winter of grey and white pops of flowers and blossoms in Apeil/May refresh the eyes, invite me outside. Although summer is by far my favorite holiday, fall’s harvest colors break up the color monotony of summer. India’s sprung and fall sound just as beautuful
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In India we dread the summer but rest of the year is beautiful especially monsoon. We get to see beautiful colours in our country all through the year.. probably that is why we never find spring or fall extraordinary. Thanks for reading Antoinette
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Nice photos and post Balaka
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Thanks Kurian
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You are welcome Balaka
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Is this yellow cassia or Amaltas tree?
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Cassia..
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Great 🙂
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That trivia of Krishna and Radha chura was new to me 🙂 …..these are reasons why friends sometimes call me pseudobangali 😀
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Ha ha ha…you grew up in cherry blossom land how would you know about krishnachura…Even I didn’t know it till a very long time. 😂😂
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This yellow carpet is so beautiful. I get to see a red one in Bangalore and you know what? I want to see those fall colors abroad. Nature is so beautiful that whether we are in India or abroad, it needs to be seen and felt. I am so glad you joined. Thank you!
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I am glad that you liked the picture. It is always a privilege to join #Thursdaytreelove
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Beautiful! This info about Radhachura and Krishnachura is new to me! Thanks 🙂 Agree with you about gorgeous spring colours …
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yes:) agree with what you wrote, we also have lovely trees as per seasons and there are so many places unexplored in our country… which is simply superb… I remember my visits to the north east and ooty..
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