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Asia's largest Tulip Garden opens for public at Srinagar

Asia's largest Tulip Garden was thrown open to public at Srinagar on Sunday, March 19, 2023. Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha attended the opening ceremony and invited people from all over the world to visit J&K and discover the mesmerising beauty of 16 Lakh tulip flowers and enjoy the warm hospitality of the people of Jammu-Kashmir.

The Lieutenant Governor said that last year, an unprecedented 3.60 lakh tourists visited the Tulip Garden and believed that the number will further increase this year.

Besides 16 lakh tulips of various colours and hues, the garden, also known as Siraj Bagh, will have other spring flowers, such as hyacinths, daffodils, muscari and cyclamens, on display.

The Garden was opened in 2008 by then chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir Ghulam Nabi Azad. The garden is spread over 1,050 kanals (52.5 hectares. It started with 50,000 tulips, then 3.5 lakh tulips and now, now have 15 lakh flowers.

The tulip bloom remains from three to five weeks only, it is hard work for the ground staff throughout the year to ensure that the quality of the bulbs is maintained year after year.


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