<p>This Republic Day, the flower show at Lalbagh Botanical Garden will feature a millet statue of Mahatma Gandhi to mark the 150th birth anniversary of the Father of the Nation. </p>.<p>The show will open on Thursday and go on until January 27. The Horticulture Department will spend Rs 1.9 crore on the show and expects more than six lakh visitors, Y S Patil, Director, Horticulture Department, told reporters on Wednesday. </p>.<p>While there will be millet statues of Gandhi and his grandson behind the Glass House, another statue will depict Gandhi meditating inside Lalbagh’s main attraction. </p>.<p>As many as 6.40 lakh flowers will be used to replicate the statue of Gandhi at the Sabarmati Ashram. On the left will be a replica of the Rajghat, the Gandhi memorial in New Delhi. There will also be a three-phase statue of Gandhi, measuring 3.5 feet and made from plaster of Paris. </p>.<p>Another attraction will be Gandhi’s Three Monkeys (representing the principle ‘speak no evil, hear no evil and see no evil’). On the left side of the Glass House will be a replica of Gandhi’s ashram in Sevagram, Wardha, Patil added. </p>.<p>This apart, flowers will be used to create a replica of the peacock, India’s national bird, around the Glass House. Stalls of medicinal, ornamental and Bonsai plants will also be set up. </p>
<p>This Republic Day, the flower show at Lalbagh Botanical Garden will feature a millet statue of Mahatma Gandhi to mark the 150th birth anniversary of the Father of the Nation. </p>.<p>The show will open on Thursday and go on until January 27. The Horticulture Department will spend Rs 1.9 crore on the show and expects more than six lakh visitors, Y S Patil, Director, Horticulture Department, told reporters on Wednesday. </p>.<p>While there will be millet statues of Gandhi and his grandson behind the Glass House, another statue will depict Gandhi meditating inside Lalbagh’s main attraction. </p>.<p>As many as 6.40 lakh flowers will be used to replicate the statue of Gandhi at the Sabarmati Ashram. On the left will be a replica of the Rajghat, the Gandhi memorial in New Delhi. There will also be a three-phase statue of Gandhi, measuring 3.5 feet and made from plaster of Paris. </p>.<p>Another attraction will be Gandhi’s Three Monkeys (representing the principle ‘speak no evil, hear no evil and see no evil’). On the left side of the Glass House will be a replica of Gandhi’s ashram in Sevagram, Wardha, Patil added. </p>.<p>This apart, flowers will be used to create a replica of the peacock, India’s national bird, around the Glass House. Stalls of medicinal, ornamental and Bonsai plants will also be set up. </p>
