Three Day Flower Exhibition Being Held At Udupi

Three Day Flower Exhibition Being Held At Udupi

March 1: A three-day flower exhibition is being organised by the district administration, zilla panchayat and district horticulture department at Doddanagudde, Udupi horticulture centre’s Raitha Seva Kendra.
The exhibition was inaugurated by Zilla panchayat president Dinaker Babu on February 29, Saturday.

The three-day exhibition offered a different experience to the visitors. The stalls displayed some rare exotic flower plants.
Several images like that of late Sri Vishwesha Theertha Swami, Vivekananda, Subhash Chandra Bose, Lal Bahadur Shastri, Bhagat Singh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Lord Hanuman were carved with watermelon. A Shiva Linga was carved out from a pumpkin.
Roses, chrysanthemums, gladiolus and carnations have been used to create a pair of fishes, sea horse, mackerels, sardines, Indian fishes, octopus, shellfish, starfish among others. Flowers like petunia, salvia, celosia, cockscomb, gazania, dianthus, rose, hibiscus, Kalanchoe and sunflowers were on display along with Ikebana, Asiatic lily, alstroemeria lily, which added to the attraction. The agriculture department had put up stalls to create awareness on various schemes available for the farmers.