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Lalbagh Revisited

We had a terrific beginning of the year 2018 with Iyengar Yoga Intensive at Bellur by a very profound Iyengar Yoga Teacher Rita Keller from Germany. This was our second consecutive workshop with her in Bellur. We were deeply touched by her affection and love apart from her deep intellectual and insightful teaching of yoga. Since the workshop was for 3 long weeks, she took us on an excursion to Lalbagh in Bengaluru. After two hours of bus ride we arrived at Lalbagh. Hyderabadi boys got disappointed when they found Rita Keller is booking EMV's (Electric Motor Vehicles) to explore the park. When we expressed our willingness to walk, she said we go round the corner in EMV's and then every individual is free to walk thereafter. We then happily boarded the EMV's.  These EMV's run on battery and are environmental friendly. The driver sharing some insight about an ancient tree with the group. Sridevi, Tulsi and Viru having some fun. This is dear Marcus ca

Beautiful Lalbagh Botanical Garden

Early January 2017, returning on our way to Hyderabad, we decided to explore Bengaluru before boarding the flight. We hired a taxi from Bellur, the birth place of Guruji B.K.S. Iyengar in Kollar district of Karnataka. We explored quite a few places in Bengaluru but Lalbagh stood out to be a memorable experience for us. Lalbagh is a mammoth 240 acre Botanical Garden located in the south of Bengaluru. The park has four gates and the southern gate on the lalbagh road is considered to be the main gate.  These beautiful flowers welcome you the moment you enter the park. Within few minutes of observation, I sensed that Lalbagh is certainly not established by current administrators.. Modern administrators can't think of this big without any profit. So, I thought it was probably established by the Britishers during their rule in India. There was a little tussle in my mind all over the journey to Hyderabad. The name Lalbagh doesn't sound British and then again I fe