theladywanderer

Being a Bangaloren, I have always visited Lalbagh botanical garden with my friends usually for morning walks followed by breakfast in MTR (Which is a common trend here). But when I got to know there there is a heritage walk arranged by BengaluruPrayana, I thought why not enroll for this event and uncover some unknown facts about this place.  It has been a rainy week in Bangalore. But luckily rain god supported our walk today with just cloudy weather. We all assembled at Lalbagh West Gate since this gate is very close to Lalbagh metro station. After 9:30 AM there will be an entry fee of Rs.30 per person. So our host of the day took entry tickets for us. We were briefed about walk of the day and then we set off on yet another interesting heritage walk of the city.  Brief History ... Lalbagh has a 200 year old history. This was first planned and laid out by Hyder Ali. But his son Tipu Sultan later completed it. Tipu enhanced this garden by importing plants from different countries. You wi