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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: -With 20 lakh tulips of 46 varieties in its lap, Asia’s largest Tulip garden overlooking the world famous Dal Lake in Srinagar. It was thrown open to visitors and is spread over an area of about 15 hectares, the garden is situated on the foothills of Zabarwan range.

Detailed explanation-3: -Tulip festival is an annual celebration that aims to showcase the range of flowers in the garden as a part of tourism efforts by the Government of Jammu and Kashmir. It is organized during the onset of spring season in Kashmir valley.

Detailed explanation-4: -The largest botanical garden of Asia is Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden located at Shibpur, Howrah India.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.