Asia’s largest tulip backyard in Srinagar is now open for public. All particulars

Asia’s largest tulip backyard pageant is now open for the general public in Srinagar on Sunday (March 19). It’s positioned between Dal Lake and the Zabarwan hills.

Asia’s largest tulip backyard in Srinagar. (Photograph courtesy: PTI)

By India Right this moment Life-style Desk: Asia’s largest tulip backyard, the Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip Backyard, opened on Sunday (March 19) for travellers to admire the attractive flowers.

Positioned between Dal Lake and the Zabarwan hills in Srinagar, the backyard has over 1.5 million (15 lakh) tulips of assorted colors and hues.

Apart from a scenic show of tulips, the backyard, previously referred to as Siraj Bagh, has different spring flowers akin to hyacinths, daffodils, muscari and cyclamens.

Inam-ul-Rehman, who’s accountable for the backyard, instructed information company PTI, “Preparations like gardening, engineering, fungicide therapy, nutrient spraying and minor restore which we do earlier than the tulip present are happening.”

A whole lot of gardeners labored the backyard to for its opening on Sunday. Though the tulip blooms stay on show for simply three to 5 days, it’s exhausting work for the bottom workers all year long to make sure that the standard of the bulbs is maintained 12 months after 12 months, the in-charge stated.

As per the Srinagar vacationer web site, the backyard was opened in 2007 with the intention of boosting floriculture and tourism within the Kashmir Valley. It’s constructed on sloping floor in a terraced trend, consisting of seven terraces. The Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip backyard is unfold over 30 hectares.

The tulip pageant is an annual celebration that goals to showcase the vary of flowers within the backyard as a part of the tourism efforts by the Authorities of Jammu and Kashmir. It’s also organised throughout the onset of the spring season yearly.

How one can attain Srinagar’s Tulip Backyard?

• By air: The tulip backyard is 22 km from Sheikh ul Alam Worldwide Airport.
• By prepare: It’s 18 km from Srinagar Railway Station.
• By highway: If you happen to’re taking a cab, then the backyard is 8 km from Lalchowk in Srinagar.

(With inputs from PTI)