BENGALURU: With the theme to a pay tribute to the Kannada film stars Rajkumar and his son Puneet Rajkumar, the Independence Day Flower Show opened at the glass house at the Lalbagh Botanical Garden in Bengaluru. The flower show is being held after the gap of two years following the Covid pandemic.
While the organisers were planning 2020’s theme as a tribute to Swami Vivekananda, before the nationwide lockdown due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the theme of the show in 2019 was to pay a tribute to Jayachamarajendra Wadiya, the last king of the Wadiyar dynasty.
The flower show was first organised in 1912 and since then, it was taking place every year, except once during World War II. The annual flower show often attracts lakhs of visitors. It is organised by the Horticulture Department twice a year — for Independence Day and Republic Day. (ANI)