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Detailed explanation-1: -The correct answer is Jammu and Kashmir. Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh inaugurated India’s ‘First Lavender Festival’ in Bhaderwah, J&K, on 26 May 2022.

Detailed explanation-2: -Recently, India’s First Lavender festival was inaugurated in Jammu’s Bhaderwah. Lavender cultivation has generated employment for about 5,000 farmers and young entrepreneurs in Jammu & Kashmir remote areas. Over 1,000 farming families cultivating it on 200 acres.

Detailed explanation-3: -After Inaugurating the country’s first ‘Lavender Festival’ here, the Union Minister described Bhaderwah as the birthplace of India’s Purple Revolution.

Detailed explanation-4: -Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh has inaugurated the country’s first ‘Lavendar festival’ at Jammu’s Bhaderwah where the cultivation of lavender has transformed the economy of the mountainous area. Bhaderwah in the Doda district is the birthplace of India’s purple revolution.

Detailed explanation-5: -In India, the lavender crop is cultivated in low rainfall regions and on the slopes of hills of Himachal Pradesh(HP) and Uttar Pradesh(UP). The lavender crop is also successfully grown in the Kashmir valley region.