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Mughal Gardens opens from Saturday
New
Delhi: Flowers in the Mughal Gardens in the Rashtrapati Bhavan in
the Capital are in full bloom. The gardens will open to public for a month
beginning Saturday. The gardens, an integral part of the Rashtrapati Bhavan,
are spread over an area of 15 acres. The garden also boasts of a network
of fountains and water ponds keeping in mind the Mughal style of gardening.
The gardens contain 128 varieties of roses, 20 kinds of bougainvillaea,
viscaria, teptosyne, sweet william and oxalis. Several varieties of annual
and perennial flowers including lilies, tulips, pansy flowers are also
in bloom. The Mughal gardens are opened to the public only for a month
every year. It will close on March 18. Renowned architect Edward Lutyens
designed the garden during the British rule. Lord Harding was the governor-general
then. It is said that Lady Harding, Lord Harding's wife, was fascinated
by the gardens in Kashmir valley and wanted the gardens to be laid out
in that style. Lutyens, who was architect of the Rashtrapathi Bhavan,
derived inspiration from the Mughal Gardens of Kashmir, the garden of
the Taj Mahal and Persian and Indian miniature paintings for designing
the Mughal Gardens.
-Feb 7, 2007
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