Amrit Udyan
Source: PIB
GS I: Indian Heritage and Culture
Overview
- News in Brief
- Amrit Udyan
Why in the News?
The Amrit Udyan of Rashtrapati Bhavan will open for public under the Udyan Utsav-1, 2024.
News in Brief
- The visitors will be allowed to visit in six hourly slots between 1000 hrs and 1600 hrs.
- The capacity for the two forenoon slots (1000 hrs to 1200 hrs) will be 7,500 visitors during weekdays and 10,000 visitors in each slot on weekends.
- The capacity for the four-afternoon slots (1200 hrs to 1600 hrs) will be 5,000 visitors in each slot during weekdays and 7,500 visitors on weekends.
Amrit Udyan
- Mughal Gardens at the Rashtrapati Bhavan/President’s House in Delhi have been renamed.
- The collective identity of all the gardens at Rashtrapati Bhavan will be Amrit Udyan.
- Earlier there were descriptive identities, now a new identity has been given to the gardens.
- The Government of India has renamed the Mughal Gardens at Rashtrapati Bhavan as Amrit Udyan, keeping with the concept of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav.
- The Mughal Gardens of Jammu & Kashmir, the gardens around the Taj Mahal, and miniature paintings from India and Persia are the sources of inspiration for Mughal Gardens today.
- Although these gardens were never formally called Mughal Gardens, they gained this moniker due to their architectural design, which was influenced by Persian gardens, especially the Charbagh building.
- There are several Mughal gardens in Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, and Afghanistan.
History and Structure of Amrit Udyan/Mughal Gardens
- Mughals were known to appreciate gardens.
- The garden is designed in the Persian style of landscaping.
- William Mustoe, the Director of Horticulture, and Sir Edwin Lutyens collaborated to finalize the design of the Mughal Gardens in 1917.
- Mughal canals, terraces and flowering shrubs are beautifully blended with European flowerbeds, lawns and private hedges.
- Fountains were often built, symbolising the cycle of life.
Babur Nama, Babur says that his favourite kind of garden is the Persian charbagh style. charbagh structure was intended to create a representation of an earthly utopia – jannat – in which humans co-exist in perfect harmony with all elements of nature.
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