Brindavan Gardens: Difference between revisions

The '''Brindavan Gardens''' is a garden located 12 k.ms from the city of [[Mysore]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Brindavan Gardens, timings, entry ticket cost, price, fee - Mysore Tourism 2021|url=https://mysoretourism.in/brindavan-gardens-mysore|access-date=2020-12-31|website=mysoretourism.in}}</ref> in the [[Mandya District]] of the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|State]] of [[Karnataka]]. It lies adjoining the [[Krishna Raja Sagara|Krishnarajasagara Dam]] which is built across the river [[Kaveri]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Brindavan Garden (KRS-Krishna Raja Sagar)|url=http://mysore.nic.in/tourism_brindavan_garden.htm}}</ref> The work on laying out this garden was started in the year 1927 and completed in 1932.<ref name="hist">{{cite web|url=http://horticulture.kar.nic.in/brindavan.htm|work=Horticultural Department, Government of Karnataka|title=Brindavan Gardens|access-date=28 February 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090410061726/http://horticulture.kar.nic.in/brindavan.htm|archive-date=10 April 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="plants"/> Visited by close to 2 million tourists per year, the garden is one of the major attractions of [[Srirangapatna]].<ref name="visit">{{cite web|url=http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=310307|work=Business Standard|title=Mysore sees steady rise in tourist flow|author=Gauri Satya|date=11 January 2008|access-date=28 February 2008}}</ref> [[Mirza Ismail|Sir Mirza Ismail]], the Deewan of Mysore, a man with a penchant for gardens, founded the Brindavan Gardens (Krishnaraja Sagar Dam in particular) and built the [[Kaveri River|Cauvery River]] high-level canal to irrigate 120,000 acres (490 km²) in modern [[Mandya]] district.{{fact|date=July 2021}} He was inspired by [[Hyder Ali]] who had earlier built the [[Lal Bagh|Lalbagh Botanical Gardens]] at Bangalore.{{fact|date=July 2021}}