Rose Festival (Chandigarh) Explained

The Rose Festival of Chandigarh is a floral festival held every year in February in the Zakir Hussain Rose Garden of sector 16, Chandigarh, India. The 2018 festival was held from 23 February 2018 to 25 February 2018, and featured musical events, helicopter rides, and a dog show.^[1] The 2018 festival also had for the first time a stall to promote transgender awareness.^[2]

The garden where the festival is held host about 50,000 plants of 1,600 species of rose.^[3]

• Zakir Hussain Rose Garden of Chandigarh (combined capital of Punjab & Haryana states) has an underpass connectivity route with sector 17. which is opened on January 8. Punjab governor and UT administrator V P Singh Badnore will inaugurate the Rs 9 crore project having a 100-seat amphitheatre, cycle and golf cart ramps and dedicated walls for artworks, paintings and sculptures to enrich the cultural heritage of the city.

Further reading

• http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/73114785.cmst ..

References

1. News: Rose Garden preps up to kick off fest tomorrow. 22 February 2018. The Times of India. 1 March 2018.
2. News: For the first time, Chandigarh's Rose Festival will have a stall by transgenders. 23 February 2018. India Today. 1 March 2018.
3. Web site: 2014 Directory . . 194 . 2014-09-25.