Mango is not just a word in South India but it's an emotion. When the Sun starts to shine well, the mango season too starts well. Mango season usually starts around mid-April and one can find different varieties of mangoes wherever one turns. These sunny days become sweet days because of these mangoes. Unlike other fruits it has a wide range of varieties like Neelam, Totapuri, Malgova, Imam Pasad, pathuri  so on and so forth. It is an inevitable fruit in the plates of all good occasions of this season and its health benefits are innumerable. These mangoes are rich in vitamin A and C, and hence it improves immunity and digestive health. It helps to lower the risk of cancer too.

           Not only the fruit but also leaves are used in large crowds to promote oxygen level and reduces the level of Carbon dioxide.  Mango is considered as a symbol of fertility in Indian epics and Puranas. According to the Hindu mythology, mangoes are associated with Kamadeva, the God of love. It's leaves have special therapeutic values. It helps to repair damaged hair and reduces high blood pressure and sugar levels. 

                Mango trees are not like some other trees of India. It becomes part and parcel of every one's lives. People shows special care and concern to this tree and it takes part in the nostalgia of many. 

          Mango tree is intertwined in Indian English Literature.   The House of Blue Mangoes by David Davider, The Mango Tree by Hidayah Amin, Under the Mango Tree by Bina Pillai, The Vicks Mango Tree by Anees Salim and How the Mango got its Magic by Sudha Murthy are some of the notable works by Indian writers which help one to know how much importance is given to this tree and how it becomes the part of every Indians' Life .

The Vicks Mango Tree

How Much the Mango got Its Magic 

The Mango Tree

Under The Mango Tree

   All these novels are  in one way or other way intertwined with Mango tree that helps anyone to understand how this mango tree is not treated just as one of the trees of India but it is a soul of Indian culture and lives of millions of Indian people. 

        Hence in this mango season let's all cherish in our homes , the taste, smell and positivity of this Mango, the elixer of summer.