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Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip Garden

Terraces of tulips below the Zabarwan hills, open for a few weeks each spring.

Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip Garden photograph

Photo: Aman Sachan · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Laid out on seven terraces between Chashme Shahi and the Dal, the garden opens for roughly three to four weeks from late March, when well over a million bulbs flower at once. It was built to extend the Valley's tourist season into early spring, and it has become one of the most visited sites in Srinagar.

Facts

  • It is usually described as the largest tulip garden in Asia.
  • The flowering window shifts each year with the weather, and the garden closes once the blooms are gone.