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Rows of red and yellow tulips in full bloom on a terraced slope at the Srinagar tulip garden
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Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip Garden — Asia's largest tulip garden

The Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip Garden in Srinagar: about 30 hectares of tulips on seven terraces above Dal Lake, opened in 2007, and the spring festival.

What it is

The Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip Garden, once the Model Floriculture Centre and before that Siraj Bagh, lies at the base of the Zabarwan Range beside Dal Lake. Wikipedia ranks it as Asia's biggest tulip garden, about 30 hectares laid out in seven terraces, with 70 to 75 varieties of tulip and 46 other kinds of flower, including hyacinths, daffodils and ranunculus.

Photos: Harvinder Chandigarh (CC BY 4.0) — via Wikimedia Commons, resized.

History

The garden opened in 2007 to promote floriculture and tourism in the Kashmir Valley. About 1.75 million bulbs in many colours were brought from the Keukenhof gardens in the Netherlands.

The tulip festival

A spring festival is run every year by the government. Wikipedia records that between March and April 2023 the garden had 365,000 visitors, among them about 3,000 from abroad, so the peak weeks are crowded.

Getting there

By road it is about 8 km and 11 minutes from the centre of Srinagar on our routing.

Combine it with

The spring tulip day pairs the garden with the Mughal gardens, and the one-day plan works in any season. See when to visit Srinagar and the Shalimar Bagh garden.

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Rows of red and yellow tulips in full bloom on a terraced slope at the Srinagar tulip garden
A spring day in Srinagar — the tulip garden and the Mughal gardens
Day plan · First visit · nature
A spring day in Srinagar: the Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip Garden, then Chashme Shahi, Pari Mahal, Nishat and Shalimar, timed to avoid the crowds.
Best Mar–Apr
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Nearby places

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Chashme Shahi — the royal spring garden above Dal Lake
Chashme Shahi — the royal spring garden above Dal Lake
monument · 1.3 km away
Pari Mahal — the terraced garden of fairies above Dal Lake
Pari Mahal — the terraced garden of fairies above Dal Lake
monument · 1.8 km away
Dal Lake — shikara boats, houseboats and floating gardens in Srinagar
Dal Lake — shikara boats, houseboats and floating gardens in Srinagar
lake · 2.9 km away
Nishat Bagh — the terraced Mughal garden of joy on Dal Lake
Nishat Bagh — the terraced Mughal garden of joy on Dal Lake
monument · 3.2 km away
Shankaracharya Temple — the hilltop Shiva temple above Srinagar
Shankaracharya Temple — the hilltop Shiva temple above Srinagar
temple · 4.0 km away
Hazratbal Shrine — the white-domed Sufi shrine on Dal Lake
Hazratbal Shrine — the white-domed Sufi shrine on Dal Lake
temple · 5.0 km away
Shalimar Bagh — the Mughal garden on Dal Lake's north shore
Shalimar Bagh — the Mughal garden on Dal Lake's north shore
monument · 5.9 km away
Hari Parbat Fort — the hill fort above Srinagar's old city
Hari Parbat Fort — the hill fort above Srinagar's old city
fort · 6.0 km away

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Questions people ask

What is the Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip Garden?

A tulip garden in Srinagar, previously the Model Floriculture Centre, spread over about 30 hectares at the base of the Zabarwan range in seven terraces. Wikipedia ranks it Asia's biggest, with around 70 to 75 varieties of tulip, and that its bulbs came from the Netherlands.

When does it bloom?

In spring. The garden is opened for a tulip festival run by the government, and Wikipedia records that between March and April 2023 about 365,000 tourists visited it. The exact dates depend on the weather each year, so check the opening announcement before you plan a trip around the bloom.

How far is it from the centre of Srinagar?

About 8 km and 11 minutes by road on our routing. It lies beside Dal Lake, next to the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Botanical Garden. Go early on a weekday, since it is crowded in the festival weeks. We have no verified entry fee or hours, so check the official announcement before you travel.