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Rise of Mung Garden Pics Bangalore 12-4-2026

Dove on a Swing!

Kunjapani is an Irula tribe village near Kotagiri. Some of the foods they it. Can you name a few from the pictures below.

@TeaVivre Nice video. The juxtaposition of the pot Making & tea brewing is lovely.

A cross-section of a tea plant. The fascinating branching pattern that is created by the plucking & pruning. These bushes are 30-y young. Average age of a tea plant in Nilgiris is said to be 70-y.

Chai & Coffee. Everything tastes nicer in the Blue Mountains. #Nilgiri #tea #coffee #Coonoor

Coonoor. Inside. Outside. Breakfast at Sri Lakshmi Cafe.

Glen’s are not there only in Scotland. This is the Glen scenery from Glenview, the UPASI HQ at Coonoor. Glens abound in Nilgiri’s, many forested, & many with tea gardens. Each Glen has its own microecology leading to its own tea character. Has never been studied systematically.

The Tribal Centre at UPASI. Tomorrow we visit a tribal village as @TDUPGConnect students explore the inter connectedness in the Food Systems in the Nilgiri ecosystem.

In tea country again. Nilgiri’s.

Tea in Wayanad. Made from the fine grades. Some see through the sieve & end up in the cup. Takes some getting used to. But after a couple of cups one doesn’t even notice them.

Today’s “Wild Edibles” box from the TDU food forest. Food Studies programs at @TDUPGConnect Boerhavia diffus Solanum torvum Ipomoea batatas Sesbania grandiflora Tinospora cordifolia

Wild Edibles box. From the Food Forest our research group has created at our University. 76 species of wild edibles growing on 3000 sqft area in 7 layers from canopy to rhizospehere. #FoodSystems @TDUPGConnect @atree_org

@OberoiD Loved the food in Kashmir. A glimpse. There is much more. Fascinating ingredients & recipes for dishes & beverages.

Been in Kashmir this week. My first time in the valley. There is no place I’ve been to that compares to its natural beauty. But, is it just me or is the food in Srinagar one of the most unpalatable yet hopelessly overpriced?

Ready Set Go Tea tasting introduction.

Finally some rain in Nilgiris. 2 months since the last shower. 118mm recorded yesterday night. A nice cool misty morning followed. AQI of 44 in Upper Coonoor.

At the Glysdale Tea Farm of @OfficialUPASI #FoodSystems class @atree_org @TDUPGConnect

#FoodSystems class on a field visit to Nilgiris. Today we are at @OfficialUPASI and Glendale Tea Garden, studying the ecosystem that nurtures tea and the challenges it faces. @atree_org @TDUPGConnect

2 Leaf in a Nilgiris Sunset Coonoor. Glysdale Farm

For tea lovers! Ghar di chaa! Swaad te Rang.