India's 21 Most Unique Natural Phenomena To Experience Firsthand

India's 21 Most Unique Natural Phenomena To Experience Firsthand
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We've all witnessed the mind-boggling visuals a multitude of nature-oriented shows have spewed at us over the years growing up, especially thanks to our notorious TV-watching sessions post school hours. Bio-luminescent red tide, volcanic rocks, Fox fire, nacreous clouds, you name it. It goes without saying that in a country as large and diverse in its landscape as ours, India's sheltering more than a few of its own incredibly unique natural phenomena. So we did some digging and came up with a few rather intriguing things we can witness right here on home turf. Well worth scheduling into your summer holiday routes this year perhaps.

I. Red Rain, Kerala

red rain, kerela

II. St. Mary’s Islands, Karnataka

Source: Kerela Tourism
Source: Kerela Tourism

III. Chandipur Beach, Orissa

Source: Odisha News

IV. The Magnetic Hill, Leh-Kargil-Batalik National Highway

Source: Team Bhp

V. Floating Islands, Manipur

Source : Earth's Wonders

VI. Salt Desert, Rann of Kutch

Source: Anurag Agnihotri; www.flickr.com/photos/agnihot

VII. Mass birds’ suicide, Assam

Source : Assam News

VIII. Chir Batti, Gujarat

Source : Now News

IX. Boulder Fields, Hampi

Source : Thrilophilia

X. Bioluminescence, Lakshwadeep Islands

Source : 37 Media

XI. Valley Of Flowers, Uttarakhand

Source : ZipMyTravel

XII. Skeleton Lake, Uttarakhand

Source: Trek Earth
Source: BSM

XIII. The Great Banyan Tree, Kolkatta

Source: DS3

XIV. Living Tree Bridges, Meghalaya

Source : Daily Mail

 XV. Flamingo Season, Mumbai

Image is used for illustrative purposes. Source: gailhampshire/Flickr/Creative Commons
Image is used for illustrative purposes. Source" b;logs.voanews.com

XVI. 'Blue Mountains' Or Neelakurinji, Kerala

Image source: gops.org
neelakurinji-source-gops.org

XVII. Lonar Crater Lake, Maharashtra

Lonar Lake. Source: Aditya Laghale/Wikimedia Commons

XVIII. The Aleya Ghost Lights, West Bengal

Source: Storypick
Source: holidify

XIX. Lake Eros, Kerala

Lake Eros. Source: parambathtravelsonline.com

XX. Krishna’s Butter Ball, Tamil Nadu

Image source: Wikimedia
Source: Flickr

XXI. Kabir Vad, Gujarat

Kabirvad. Source: myyatradiary

Words: Rameez Shaikh & Aditi Dharmadhikari

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