A morning walk in Lalbagh in Bangalore is refreshing. The lovely botanical garden continues to throw surprises every time we go for a morning walk/run.
The morning mood of the garden keeps changing every time we go there! We keep changing our route and don’t stick to one!
Go for a morning walk after the first summer rains for a pleasant and aromatic experience!
Quick Update – If you are going for a walk in Lalbagh from now till the first week of March, don’t miss seeing the installation of elephants made of Lantana weed on the lawn near Glass House. 100 such elephants are installed around this lawn to create awareness of human-animal conflict and coexistence.
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Here are a few snapshots which capture the moods of Lalbagh! We will showcase these myriad morning moods as we start our morning walk in Lalbagh from the West Gate.
As we enter the west gate, we see this guard room, a heritage stone structure. This is the scene you will see during flower shows which are held in January and August to commemorate the Republic day and Independence day respectively. If you want to know more about the next Independence Day 2024 flower show in August, please click here.
We normally take the trail which is in the middle of the garden and not the one along the compound wall. The early morning rays from the sun creates a shadow play between the trees!
As we walk down towards the lake, we get to see the spectacle of Sunrise over the lake. The colours of the sky before sunrise are a stunner! And when the sun rises in the eastern horizon, it is a mesmerising sight! The reflection in tranquil waters adds to the beautiful morning! The sunrise is best viewed from December till April.
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On the path from West Gate through the Sanchi Arch, we come across two lovely trees of Nagalinga Pushpa or Iron Ball trees. We captured this lovely shot. Thankfully, the garden staff have fenced this tree now lest people would go and pluck these lovely flowers!
Whenever we walk along the lake from the west gate towards the south with a sunken water garden to our right, we encounter these lovely winged friends!
When we walk from the West gate along the walking trail along the compound wall just before you reach the lake bund, you will see a riot of violets after rain!
Is it a snowfall?? No. This is silk cotton on the floor! Lalbagh has two huge silk cotton trees between west gate and Lake Bund. These are now protected.
As we walk on the trail towards the South gate, we click this lovely shot of the lake! In spring, the yellow flowers add to the beauty!
We continue our walk towards the lotus pond and the waterfalls. The waterfalls with lotuses in the foreground look lovely. Unfortunately, when we clicked this we did not find any lotus!
We continue our walk towards the South gate, and are greeted by these lovely Jacarandas in March!
We walk along the perimeter wall behind the hill and cross the HOPCOMs cold storage to come in front of the hill. A beautiful view of the hill with a colourful bed of Impatiens!
We now enter the mango avenue. We have named it thus because of the mango trees on either side.
On our left is the beautiful lawn of the garden. In one of the corners, there is a group of flame of forest trees which flower in February turning that place into a flame of orange!
A beautiful bench at the far end of the lawn close to the Japanese garden
The heritage building of the Directorate of Horticulture!
We turn after the heritage building towards the Glass house and see another lovely bench under a blooming tree!
On this stretch, there are two surprises. A lovely climber with one of the biggest flowers and two trees of Bottlebrush opposite the glass house! In March, you will also find a sheath of yellow!
Crossing the fountain in front of the glass house, we look right. There is a lovely Papyrus tree. Somehow parrots seem to have an affinity to this tree! We have seen many parrots on this tree on a number of occasions!
Another bench!
After we cross Lalbagh’s main gate, we turn left and walk on the road rather than the walking path along the compound wall. We find this spread of yellow lilies after the first rains in summer! They will remain in bloom only for a week!
A slight left turn on this stretch towards the band stand brings us face to face with this gorgeous sight! The Fossil Garden!
This doesn’t happen often! It was on Nov 21. Bangalore had received heavy rains over the week and we went for our morning walk in the last week of Nov as usual. The area around the fossil garden had turned into a mini lake and we found this lovely egret as well!
The grand old tree of Lalbagh!! 150 year old heritage tree! It looks very pretty when in bloom!
Walking towards the west gate, we see this fascinating shadow play! There is a group of banyan trees whose aerial roots give a surreal effect!
We named this fellow “Monk of Lalbagh”! We would see this owl always in this tree in meditation! Unfortunately, the tree fell during rain and we don’t know where the fellow is!
As we return to where we started – the West gate – we notice this floral shower!
Lalbagh is lovely in the mornings. Weekends may get more people but still, it is a pleasure to go for a stroll or run.
Plan it on any day and let us know your experience!
Quick Tips
1 Lalbagh is well connected to Metro. Get down at Lalbagh West gate on Green Line.
2 The garden opens at 5 AM for walkers. If you want to see sunrise be there 30 minutes before the sunrise timings on the lake bund so you can see the lovely colours in the sky before the sun rises on the horizon..
3 Lalbagh is a lovely place for your morning run or Yoga. The lawn area mentioned above is a great place to do Yoga.
4 After your walk, you may continue to explore one of the earliest neighbourhoods of Bangalore – Basavanagudi – with this detailed Self Guided Walking Tour. Please click here for details http://traveltwosome.com/basavanagudi-walking-tour/
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