The luxuriant golden blooms of the ‘Kanikonna' are a heartening sight for one and all. From prosperity to abundance, the blooming of the Cassia fistula is of immense symbolic and cultural significance for Keralites.

The flowering of the golden shower tree signals seasonal changes in the agriculture calendar of the State, heralding the arrival of harvest and ‘Vishu'.
However, for the last few years, the flowering period of Cassia fistula is advancing every passing year.