Lalbagh Botanical Garden, Bangalore

Below are some photos I took last Saturday at Lalbagh Botanical Garden here in Bangalore. The park has beautiful flowers and some truly ancient trees. Unfortunately, the sky was steel gray, which makes for less beautiful pics, but the scenery is still lovely. Enjoy!


Below: This tree trunk reminded me of an elephant, with its gray color and wrinkles.


Below: This is me with the elephant tree. See how incredibly big it is?

Below: The branches overhead make a lovely, lacy design against the white-gray sky.

Below: I loved the various shades of bright flowers overhanging the benches.

Below: This Peninsular Gneiss geological formation is ancient, said to be several million years old.

Below: This little grotto has statues representing some Hindu gods.

Below: Example of some of the flowers in Lalbagh.

Below: Pathway through the park.

Below: The glass house, originally modeled on London's Crystal Palace.

Below: Little bench covered in flowers that dropped from the tree above.

Below: Apparently, I wasn't supposed to go into the rose garden (even though the gate was open). Enjoy this one measly rose photo, as it's the only one I got before being fussed at and told to leave the rose garden, the gate then firmly locked behind me.

Below: The light rain made for pretty drops on the flowers.

Below: Much of the park was a mix of lovely and broken down, as shown here by the torn-up, muddy path beside the beautiful flowers.

Below: Much of the park was intensely, intensely green.

Below: This way to the... umm.

Below: More walking path.

Below: Walking in a saree is impressive alone, but balancing a tray of bread on your head while walking in a saree?! Shoooot.

Below: The end.