Taken January 26, 2014 at Lal Bagh Gardens in Bangalore.

The Crystal Palace at Lal Bagh gardens, which is normally roped off and  empty, has been packed brimming with flowers for the annual Republic Day Flower Show that ends today.

It would be slightly more enjoyable if security wasn’t threatening to wallop one with a stick if one loiters for a second. You can see it as many times as you can fit in a day, but you must keep moving along. It’s a one way flow, so if you don’t have the desire to go through twice (once on either side) I’d recommend going on the south side (farthest from the main entrance.) For some reason the crowd was about half on that side (probably because no one anticipated the layout would make you do two half loops instead of one full loop.) Why they did it, I have no idea, but the flowers were pretty.