Human Watching @ Lalbagh, Bangalore

Lalbagh is one place we go very often. Sometimes during the week and definitely on the weekends. A run in the morning in the cool and salubrious garden is energising. Though it gets crowded over the weekends, it is still a lovely place.

On one of the weekends, we thought we will walk around with a camera in hand. The aim was to capture the sights. It was a great experience and human watching can be interesting activity. You can see them in the following pictures. As the adage - A picture is worth thousand words - goes these pictures capture the mood of "morningers" in Lalbagh!

Next time around, when you are in Lalbagh, indulge in a bit of human watching!

Lovely Lalbagh after rains!

Come rains, the gardens of Bangalore come back to life. 

Cubbon Park and Lalbagh looks lovely in the mornings after overnight rains have washed the trees and cleaned them up. It is a pleasure to take a walk or jog early in the morning after overnight rains in these two public gardens. 

We were there on Saturday on our usual weekend sojourn to Lalbagh. As we jogged our way through on a lovely morning, we saw small little yellow lilies in a part of the garden. The lilies - not sure its actual name - had sprouted all around after the rains and it was a sweep of yellow. It was a fabulous sight!

I had seen similar yellow carpet of flowers in Hyde Park, London and in Kew Gardens in England. Here we see them in our own Lalbagh!

This place is very close to the giant Silk Cotton tree which is a land mark in Lalbagh.

Go there before they wither away.

Misty Sunday Morning in Lalbagh

Winter has set in Bangalore. Mornings are chilly. Skies are clear. All rainy days of last two weeks seems to be behind us.

We normally go to Lalbagh on the weekends for morning run. A run in Lalbagh or Cubbon park in Bangalore is always refreshing. Lalbagh gets crowded by people like us on weekend mornings. Nevertheless, it still a lovely place to be in the morning. 

When we left home in the morning yesterday, it was already misty. The visibility was poor. We expected Lalbagh to be beautiful on a misty Sunday morning. Bangaloreans are notorious for not getting up in the morning when temperature drops. This meant there was less crowd when we landed there at 6.30 AM. 

We were not disappointed. The lake looked surreal covered by mist. The lawns drenched by droplets of dew. The birds trying to get out of their nests. It was a lovely morning......well spent.

Here are are some pictures.........

Lalbagh Lake.....covered in mist

The statue of Charamaraja Wodeyar, the erstwhile king of Mysore - flanked by tall Araucaria Columnaris or Christmas trees as we all know them.....

We would have loved to join these kids for a game of soccer.....

The Java pink Cassia trees around central Library in Cubbon park have bloomed and painted the whole area into pink. We should go there on next weekend for a morning run.

Why don't you throw your blankets and get up on this weekend to enjoy the beauty of these parks. You have an incentive too. You can finish the visit to Lalbagh with a piping hot South Indian filter coffee either in the iconic Mavalli Tiffin Room, MTR as it is known or in "South Thindies". We normally stop at South Thindies which is a kilometer away and on the way home.

We have told you what to do this weekend. Are you game for it?

You may also like to read the following posts on Lalbagh

Lovely Lalbagh after Rains!

Human watching @ Lalbagh!

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