The historic Mughal Gardens at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in Delhi will now be known as Amrit Udyan, according to an official statement. The gardens are open to public once a year and this time people can visit them from January 31.
“On the occasion of the celebrations of 75 years of Independence as Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’, the President of India is pleased to give a common name to the Rashtrapati Bhavan gardens as Amrit Udyan’,” Navika Gupta, Deputy Press Secretary to the President, said in the statement.
President Droupadi Murmu will grace the opening of the gardens on Sunday, Gupta said. The gardens will remain open till March 26, 2023, except on Mondays which are maintenance days and on March 8 on account of Holi.
“Rashtrapati Bhavan is home to a rich variety of gardens. Originally, they included East Lawn, Central Lawn, Long Garden and Circular Garden. During the term of former Presidents Dr A P J Abdul Kalam and Shri Ram Nath Kovind, more gardens were developed, namely Herbal-I, Herbal-II, Tactile Garden, Bonsai Garden and Arogya Vanam,” the statement further said.
The government had last year renamed Delhi’s iconic Rajpath as Kartavya Path. The renaming of the stretch and other institutions is in line with the Centre’s effort to remove any trace of colonial mindset, it has maintained.
