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Lalbagh Botanical Garden
The older sibling park. Climb the 3-billion-year-old gneiss rock at sunrise, then circle back for the Glass House.
why we keep going,
The Peninsular Gneiss outcrop is genuinely ancient and genuinely climbable. Ten minutes up, twenty minutes of city stretched flat below you.
Time it for the flower shows around Republic Day and Independence Day. The Glass House goes full Victorian-pavilion under floral arrangements.
Bigger and more botanical than Cubbon, but trickier on weekends. Enter from the West Gate before 8am for the quieter version.
local context
Commissioned by Hyder Ali in 1760 and expanded under Tipu Sultan, with biannual flower shows in the 1889 Glass House around Republic and Independence Day.
vibe
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