Mysoreans love gardening and every house will have at least a Tulasi and Money plant growing in a pot. To encourage this wonderful hobby, a flower show on a grand scale is held by the Horticulture department during Dasara at Curzon park adjacent to Mysore Palace. Corporates and public sector companies showcase their might in the art of gardening and win prizes. Thousands of people visit the flower show. This year the show will start from 8th October and various other competitions like Ikebana, Flower Rangoli and Bonsai are organized.
Mr. Dinakar has written a wonderful post on Mysore Dasara Flower Show in his blog. Here is the link for the same – http://mysoreanmusings.blogspot.com/2010/10/mysore-dasara-horticultural-show.html
Flower show is also held in Karanaji Lake and Kukkarahalli Lake.
Picture (above) – Flower Show at Kukkarahalli Lake
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Dear Shantha,
You may like to link a few things from my side related to Dasara, if they are worth. Here are the URLs:
http://mysoreanmusings.blogspot.com/2009/09/dasara-nostalgia.html
http://mysoreanmusings.blogspot.com/2007/11/memorable-dasara-exhibition-visit.html
Best.
Dinakar
Thank you Dinakar for the links. It will definitely link back to the valuable posts.
Regards,
Shantha
Ohh…This is so beautiful! Next time, I want to visit Mysore during Dasara. I am blown away by Mahishasura 🙂 and his decorative kacche panche!! Reminds me of last year’s Flower show at LalBagh where they had created ‘India Gate’ adorned with just red roses.
I also enjoyed reading Dinakar’s links and childhood memories. Thanks for posting the links.
~Nikhila.
Nikhila – I hope you can visit Mysore soon. Good to know that you enjoyed Dinakar’s posts.
Regards,
Shantha