summer monsoon: southwest monsoon
June to September: whole of india
winter monsoon: seasonal rainfall
October to December: northeast india:
season: ritu
depression
trade winds
heavens: akaash
cloud burst
torrential rains
dramatic thunder and lightning
black clouds
earth: prithvi
summer monsoon - humid
winter monsoon - warm moist air
floods
landslides
potholes
tree fall
humanity: manushyata
rainwater harvesting
harvest season
leveling, rolling the field
airdropping the seed
fertilizing
planting of rice, cotton, soybeans
pookalam/ floral carpet for onam
making of clay/terracotta ganesha idols
observances: utsava
guru purnima
nariyal purnima
raksha bandhan
teej: Haryana, Rajasthan
puri rath yatra: Orissa
ganesh chaturthi
krishna janmashtami
hemis festival: Ladakh
behdienkhlam: Meghalaya
sao joao: Goa
adiperukku: Tamil Nadu
onam: Kerala new year
animals & birds: pashu & pakshi
blue-bearded bee-eater
malabar pit viper ( western ghats )
purple frog (western ghats )
hammer-headed worms
malabar gliding frog
tiger beetles
pied cuckoo
indian bullfrog
pink forest crab
red velvet mites/rain bugs
coral snakes
plants: paudhe
balsam
hydrangea
marigold
hibiscus
cassia fistula: amaltas
kadamba flower/burflower tree
ixora
Monsoon is something Indians should know!! Can you give regional words we use for monsoon? Every language should be having different words to describe rains. Can you share them here, please?