Walk – Rose Gardens of Delhi

by on March 24, 2011 at 1:25 pm
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Walk – Rose Gardens of Delhi

A rosy picnic in the rosy month of Chaitra

Date and Time

Saturday 26 March 2011, 10 am to 3 pm

Starting & Ending Point

Meet at 10 am sharp at PVR Saket Cinema (outside box office).

Closest metro station: Malviya Nagar

We will proceed in collective transport (A/c coach) from here.

Walks ends at 3 pm at PVR Saket.

Mode of Commuting: A/c coach

Description

Chaitra, the last month of the Indian spring, is replete with roses, and a celebration of the colour pink. This, we feel is the perfect occasion to pay a visit to the rose gardens of Delhi – to celebrate the gulaab in the gulabi month.

Places Visited

  • Mehrauli Phool Mandi (Flower Market)
  • Rose Garden, Mehrauli Archaeological Park
  • National Rose Garden, Chanakyapuri
  • Rose Garden, Hauz Khas

Itinerary

10 am – Walk begins at PVR Saket

10.15-11 am – Tour of Mehrauli Flower Market, and Rose Garden, Mehrauli

11.30 – 12.30 pm – National Rose Garden, Chanakyapuri

1-2.30 pm – Rose Garden, Hauz Khas & Lunch

3 pm – Walks ends at PVR Saket

Registration Details

Contribution: Rs. 1500/- per person.

Includes  transport, flowers and lunch.

Please pre-register.

To register and for details contact Himanshu Verma / 41764054 / himanshu@site.redearthindia.com

Notes:

Wear comfortable footwear.

Dress Code

Pink / Rosy / Floral – Please follow the dress code.

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Courtesy Wikimedia Commons / Asit K. Ghosh

Himanshu Verma’s Holi 2011

by on March 16, 2011 at 10:20 am
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Himanshu Verma’s Holi 2011
Flowers, flower markets, food, fun on the festival of colours…

Sunday 20 March 2011
9 am – 4 pm

Venue
Astor Estates, Chattarpur, New Delhi
Directions and Map – Upon Registration / On Request

Description
Join us for what strives to be Delhi’s most traditional & natural Holi, now in its sixth year. Our Holi celebrations try to stick as close as possible to the beautiful ethos of Basant Utsav, one of India’s oldest festivals dating back to ancient India. Today, Holi is becoming more popular every year on the cultural scene of Delhi, but the essence of the festival is totally lost in many of these celebrations. We try to stay as close as possible to the real spirit of the festival – a celebration of pure natural spring colours, along with special Holi food, and music! And our beloved genda phool – the eternal and universal marigold flower!

Featured

Holi Khelnaa – Play with the most fragrant and delicate natural colours – wet and dry – mostly all made by us at home. Our colours are 100% natural and sans any toxic ingredients. Some of our colours also have medicinal properties.

  • Genda gulaal – play with hand-crushed marigold petals
  • Natural wet colours – tesu flowers, spinach, beetroot & more…
  • Multi-coloured Holi gulaal of the purest kind
  • Other colours – sandalwood, perfumes, rose water…

Holi Khaana – special holi delicacies prepared by the caterers from Old Delhi, the everGREEN Thandai, Gujiya, Kanji-Pakoda & many other sensational spring divinities…

Holi Gaana – 100% desi holi music dhamaka, dhol, holi music…

Genda Lagana – Plant genda phool, and its herbal friends and some floral trees with us to celebrate the beautiful morning of Holi…

Schedule
Mini Workshop on Holi Colour Making – 9 to 10 am / Please pre-register
Plantations 10 am – 11 am
Holi Celebrations – 11 am – 4 pm

Registration Details
• Contribution for celebrations: Rs. 1500/- (All inclusive)
• Special price for kids below 10.
• Please pre-register, pay the contribution in advance and collect your Genda Gulaal and invites from us beforehand.
• To register contact himanshu@site.redearthindia.com / 91-11-41764054

Dress Code
• Holi colours – white / yellow / orange in order of preference.
• Strictly no black or dark colours allowed.
• Please follow the dress code, as mentioned. It is mandatory for entry.

Notes
• Please do not carry any of the following items, these are not allowed at the venue:
o Plastic pichkaris, plastic bags or any other plastic items
o Alcohol
o Artifical or toxic colours

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Genda Phooling!

Gulaal 1

Gulaal 2

Gulaal 3

Tesu Water

Tesu Water 2

The Spring Festival 2011

by on February 11, 2011 at 10:15 pm
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  • Celebrating Traditional Spring Festivals
  • Saving The Flower Markets of Delhi
  • Walks, Tours, and Other Explorations…

Seasons in India are not meteorological entities, but experiential universes that encapsulate festivals, culture, religions; celebrations that bring man and nature together. The Indian spring is one such infinite experience of joy, newness and life. The Spring Festival 2011 takes you on this flower filled journey…

From the burst of the first yellow and mustard at Basant Panchami, a syncretic celebration with Khwaja Nizamuddin and Saraswati,

To ever increasing bursts of colour till a veritable explosion at Holi, gallivanting in the land of Krishna, and colouring our very own Delhi,

Followed by a nice rosy pink prologue of Gulabi Chaitra,

Come celebrate the romance of the Indian spring with Red Earth, and The Genda Phool Project…

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