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Pre-Monsoon Rains: Multiple Names across India

10:38 AM
29 April 2023

Pre-Monsoon Rains
Multiple Names across India

Mango FlowerFirst mangoes are already here! - © Shriram Rajaram

The pre-monsoon rains are often accompanied by thunderstorms, lightning, and squalling winds.

These rains provide us with relief from scorching heat, but play a much more important role in agriculture. This is how they got such different names depending on the dominating crop of a certain part of the country.

  • Mango showers: in Karnataka, Kerala, Konkan, and Goa the rains help in the ripening of mangos
  • Northwestern/Kalbaishakhi/Bordoisila: in West Bengal, Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, and Odisha the showers are useful for jute, tea, and rice cultivation.
  • Cherry Blossom or Coffee showers in Karnataka and Kerala where coffee is cultivated. The coffee flowers bloom during the pre-monsoon months. Chikmagaluru, Hassan, and Wayanad are among the well-known robusta-growing regions of India.

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