Bangalore Travel Diaries: February 2016

Lalbagh Botanical Garden

Lalbagh Botanical Garden is a popular botanical garden in southern Bangalore. The garden was initiated by Haider Ali in 1760, who ruled Mysore during that era. It was completed by his son Tipu Sultan. Lalbag is like a pendant in the necklace of the garden city's parks. appropriately it has also been called as the 'Lung' of the teeming metropolis. Lalbagh is a treasure house of plants. The rich floral health of lalbagh extends over an area of 240 Acres accommodating 1854 Species, 673 genera and 890 cultivators of plants. Lalbagh is also home for few species of birds.

I entered garden through the North Gate

Floral Clock

Maharaja Statue

Topiary Garden

Topiary

Every tree is specified with nameplate like this one

200 years old white silk cotton tree

Why I don't know but this place made me emotional, I spent more than half hour on this Bench

Lake

Horticulture Training Center inside the garden

Birds in Lake

Nice flowers make you feel refreshed

and now last and the best I felt that is the glass house, out of many artistic Structures in Lalbagh the glass house is the most famous, as I said Lalbagh is a pendant in the necklace of Bangalore's Gardens and in the center of this Pendant is this glass house in the form of diamond. It looks best at evening and night. below is the image of that which I have downloaded from internet,

Famous Glass House

Selfie at lake side

Its surely a great place to find peace, calm and relaxation.good place for morning walk or jogging and perfect place to learn do photography of birds, nature, flower, etc.

Location : Located in the heart of city, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560004, you can enter the garden from four gates in which southern gate is refereed as main gate whereas eastern gate is ideal for parking vehicles.

Opening Timings : remains open daily 6 am to 7 pm throughout the year

How to reach : Anyone can reach there by Metro or BMTC bus.

How I reached: From Nagawara to KR Market (Bus No. 291J) then from KR market main gate to Lalbagh (Bus No.341 B)

Entry Fee: 20/- per person

Thank you :)

Cubbon Park

Hi There,

Today I have visited one of the iconic places Bangalore is famous for that is Cubbon Park. It is called as 'lung' area of city, located in the central administrative area.Many official and public buildings are located within and along the periphery of the park.

State Central Library building

The Cubbon Park has a history of over 100 years. It was established in the year 1870 by Sri John Meade, the then acting Commissioner of Mysore. The vast landscape of the park was conceived by Major General Richard Sankey, the then Chief Engineer of the State. As a mark of honour to Sri John Meade, the park was initially named as "Meade’s Park" and subsequently it was called the Cubbon Park. Since the inception of the park, it was developed and improved by adding new structures and features. In the year 1927, the park was officially renamed as "Sri. Chamarajendra Park" to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of Sri. Krishnaraja Wodeyar’s rule in Mysore State.

Flower plants

Cubbon Park is basically designed as a public park in an area of about 100 acres and expanded over the years. The park has a predominant green area with a few concrete buildings, housing government and other organizations' offices. The park has many motorable roads. It also has well laid out walking paths running through the park. It serves as a nature public park, at the same time aims at protecting the environment and greenery. It is a major lung space of Bangalore and a location for early morning walkers, so also for naturalists who study plants in the serene natural environment.

Lots of Birds and their noise makes you feel very nice

Sunday is the best time to visit this place because the roads are blocked out and no vehicle traffic is allowed inside. So I reached there today afternoon, I entered from State central library gate and got idea about how big its going to be because it took my about five minutes to reach near library from gate which was looking near. It is the one of the few places in Bangalore which will give you fresh breeze. You will surely forget all your headaches. Sit in this park to listen sounds of birds and gushing of winds. Awesome play area for kids. Calm and relaxing place for senior citizens. People interested in photography, or those who are in learning stage can visit these place, which gives you enough opportunity click and capture your creativity. Finally Don't Miss the Mango and Grape Juice Sold by Karnataka Govt. Horticulture dept. Rs 15/- per bottle. It's delicious, fresh and hygiene.