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Flower shows beckon people

A floral replica of the historic Red Fort in New Delhi (60 ft long, 10 ft wide and 28 ft high) in the backdrop of illuminated Mysore Palace is attracting huge crowds to Flower Show at Palace premises.

Mysore/Mysuru: Dasara Flower Show organised by the Palace Board at its premises was inaugurated by District Minister S.T. Somashekar yesterday. He also opened the flower show at Kuppanna Park.

Palace flower show features replicas of Red Fort, Jumboo Savari, Khas Durbar, Kargil Diwas, Aircraft carrier INS Vikrant and the like. Floral statues of great personalities such as Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar, Jayachamaraja Wadiyar, Vallabhbhai Patel, freedom fighter from Andhra Pradesh Pingali Venkaiah, Subash Chandra Bose, Kittur Rani Chennamma, Indian Air Force fighter pilot  Abhinandan Varthaman, late Chief of Armed Forces Bipin Rawat are also there.

A 20-ft floral replica of Rashtrapati Bhavan created at Kuppanna Park Glass House as part of ongoing Flower Show.
A sculpture of President of India Droupadi Murmu, who inaugurated the Dasara festivities atop Chamundi Hill yesterday, too finds place at the Palace Flower Show.
Floral replica of Chamundi Hill Nandi at Kuppanna Park.
Statues and busts of late Kannada actors Dr. Rajkumar and his son Dr. Puneeth Rajkumar in front of their Gajanur house add filmy touch to Flower Show at Kuppanna Park.

A statue of President Droupadi Murmu made out of  millets and cereals is another prime attraction of the show.

This post was published on September 27, 2022 6:37 pm