All you need to know about Delhi's Tulip Festival at Shantipath lawns

Shanti Path and several roundabouts in its vicinity are decked with thousands of red and white tulips imported from the Netherlands.

Published on: Feb 23, 2023 4:49 PM IST

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A 13-day Tulip Festival has been organized by the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) in Delhi's Shanti Path lawns to herald the spring season. The festival began on February 14 and will go on till February 26.  (PTI)

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A Tulip walk will also be held on the lawns of the Shantipath on February 18, 19, 25 and 26.  (PTI)

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A total of 1.24 lakh tulip bulbs were brought from the Netherlands and planted in the first week of January in Shantipath lawns by the NDMC.  (PTI)

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"The quantity of tulips planted has been doubled in order to showcase the beauty of the city with tulip blossoms in every location of NDMC area," said an official from the New Delhi Municipal Council to news agency PTI.  (PTI)

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Besides walks, the NDMC will also organise photography competitions on tulips during the near fortnight-long festival.  (PTI)

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Give me Trees Trust (GMTT), an NGO associated with the landscaping of Sunder Nursery, came up with the idea of walks keeping in mind the monuments.  (PTI)

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The civic body, in collaboration with 'Heritage Photography Club,' has invited photography enthusiasts to click pictures of tulips and submit them for the contest.  (HT Photo/Sonu Mehta)

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NDMC has planted more than 140,000 tulip bulbs during this spring season, a three-fold jump from the previous year. (HT Photo/Raj K Raj)