adequate measure to preserve shiroy lily
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Shirui lily (Lilium Mackliniae Sealy) known as Kashong Timrawon locally, a rare bell-shaped flower with bluish-pink petals showing seven colours under the microscope, is the State flower of Manipur. Enthralling hundreds of thousands of tourists who throng to its native habitat, the Shirui Hills located in Shirui Village in Ukhrul district, during its peak season between May 15 to June 5 every year. English Botanist Dr. Frank Kingdon Ward first discovered the flower in 1946 and named it after his wife Jean Macklin.
What remains noteworthy is the belief that this bulbous plant can only be grown in Shirui Hills and attempts to plant it elsewhere by the Britishers never succeeded.
According to the legends of the Tangkhul Naga community inhabiting the village, a princess once lived on the hill with her lover Shirui and after her death, she still continues to live in Shirui Hill, waiting for her lover to return. The Shirui Lily comes from the soil where the princess was supposedly buried. Several other mythologies around Shirui Lily have been passed down over generations, tales told by the indigenous people of Ukhrul with much love and awe for the flower.