The Lal Bagh Flower Show 2023: A Spectacular Display of Natural Beauty and Creativity
In the lead up to Independence Day 2023 on August 15, Bengaluru's Lalbagh Botanical Garden is hosting the Independence Day flower show till August 15. This show is keeping up with a long series of Lalbagh flower shows dating back to the time when the Band Stand was used for smaller flower shows. This year, the flower show pays tribute to former Karnataka CM Kengal Hanumanthaiah, who played a major role in constructing the Vidhana Soudha at Bengaluru in 1956. This is the 214th flower show. The theme of the flower show this year is the Vidhana Soudha, seat of state legislature in Karnataka. A replica of Vidhana Soudha was erected with flowers inside the Lal Bagh, right next to Kengal Hanumanthaiah’s statue. The publication quoted Karnataka’s Horticulture Minister S S Mallikarjun as saying, “The floral Vidhana Soudha will be 18-foot high, 36-foot long and 18-foot wide. It will be made of 7.2 lakh flowers of various species. The Hanumanthaiah statue will be about 14-foot high.” ...