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Roof of the World
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Blue Mountains
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Tea Treasures
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None of these
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Detailed explanation-1: -The strikingly blue color of the hills is attributed to the clustered bloom of the mass-flowering species ‘Strobilanthes kunthiana’ means ‘Neela kurinji’ in Tamil. Therefore, Nilgiri mountains are called the Blue Mountains.
Detailed explanation-2: -Phawngpui (Pron: /ˌpʰɔ:ŋˈpʊɪ/), also known as Blue Mountain, is the highest mountain peak in the Mizo Hills (Lushai Hills) and in the state of Mizoram, India, with an elevation of 2157 m. It is in Lawngtlai district, in the southeastern region of Mizoram near the Myanmar border.
Detailed explanation-3: -Nilgiri (English: Blue Mountains) is the name given to a range of mountains spread across the borders among the states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala. The Nilgiri Hills are part of a larger mountain chain known as the Western Ghats.