On the lines of the famous Cherry Blossom festival of Japan, the Uttarakhand Forest Department has decided to celebrate Buransh and Padam flowering festivals, according to a press release. The ...

India's diverse geography gives the country a vast abundance of flora, and nowhere is this more visible than in the country's hilly regions. From the Western Ghats to the Himalayas, the latter ...

Every spring, as winter loosens its grip on the Himalayan foothills, Uttarakhand erupts in a riot of red, pink, and white. Rhododendron — known locally as buransh — isn't just a pretty bloom here.

Over subsequent travels, I learned rhododendrons weave through Himalayan cultures, and are known by various names: talisfer in Kashmir, buraa (n) in Himachal Pradesh, buransh in Uttarakhand, etok in ...