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Detailed explanation-1: -Asia’s largest tulip garden, housing over one million tulips, opened to the public today in Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar. Immediately attracting a throng of tourists, the limited edition tulip garden has been cultivated over months by more than 50 gardeners for the upcoming Tulip Festival.

Detailed explanation-2: -In the Netherlands you can find several locations where you can see tulips in spring. The most famous area with the most beautiful flower fields is around Keukenhof Tulip Gardens at only 40 kilometers from the centre of Amsterdam. The area is called ‘Bollenstreek’.

Detailed explanation-3: -The largest botanical garden of Asia is Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden located at Shibpur, Howrah India.

Detailed explanation-4: -Over 1.5 million tulips have bloomed in Asia’s largest tulip garden in Srinagar’s Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip Garden. India’s iconic tulip garden is now open to the public from March 23. It is spread across an area of over 80 acres on the banks of Dal Lake, in the foothills of Zabarwan mountain range.