Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Lalbagh Botanical Garden






As my inspiration is flowers,I decided to meet Mrs Indira Chowdhury, who earlier this year had worked on a project in Lalbagh. She helped archive and compile all the old botanical illustrations and photography for Lalbagh.
My meeting with Indira helped me narrow down my vast inspiration of flowers in Bangalore.It also gave me insight to the history of the Lalbagh gardens.Lal Bagh was initially built as a private garden for Mysore ruler Hyder Ali in 1970.This garden was then further developed by his son Tipu Sultan and subsequently the British. During the British rule, alot of exotic flowers were brought , cultured and grown here in these gardens. Now its a home for a variety of exotic and tropical plants and trees, renowned centre for scientific study of plants and botanical artwork and also conservation of plants.

The botanical illustrations had a very Mysore/Tanjor painting style(the leaves are outlined with black) and were mostly done by an artist K Cheluviah Raju.

She advised me to read The Deccan Travisis ,Bangalore Walks and Blossoms of Bangalore.

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