Renamed as Amrit Udyan as part of the ‘Amritkal’ which was launched on the occasion of 75 years of independence.
New Delhi: The name of Rashtrapati Bhavan's historic Mughal Garden has now renamed by Central. On Saturday, the garden is renamed 'Amrit Udyan'. President Draupadi Murmu will officially inaugurate Amrit Udyan Utsav tomorrow. After that Amrit Udyan will be opened for public from January 31 as usual and will be open till March 26.Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his Independence Day speech from the Red Fort last year, called for erasing all traces of colonialism from the country. However, the Modi government had started the process of renaming long before that. It got more momentum after the Prime Minister said.
Even as Prime Minister Modi talks about erasing colonial marks, critics see another reason behind it. Since the renaming of Mughal Gardens, their perception has been reinforced. However, the Central government has argued that the reason for the name change is that it was renamed as Amrit Udyan as part of the ‘Amritkal’ which was launched on the occasion of 75 years of independence. People from different parts of the country come to see many types of tulips and roses in this garden of Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Meanwhile, after the change of name of Mughal Garden, BJP started promoting it on social media. Party leaders, ministers and MPs flooded the tweets thanking Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the renaming.
History of Mughal Garden
The Mughals created the Mughal Garden. The Charbagh structure, which was designed to create a representation of an earthly utopia where humans coexist in perfect harmony with all elements of nature, was a major influence on this style. Within the walled enclosures, rectilinear layouts are utilized extensively. Within the gardens, there are typically pools, fountains, and canals. Several gardens in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and India differ from their Central Asian counterparts in terms of "the highly disciplined geometry."
The design of Mughal gardens is primarily based on the medieval Islamic garden, but the Mughals' Turkish-Mongolian ancestry also has an impact on the design in the form of nomadic elements. The medieval Islamic garden, according to Julie Scott Meisami, was "a hortus conclusus, walled off and protected from the outside world; It had a strict, formal design inside, and the parts of its interior that man finds most pleasing in nature were there. Running water was one of its most important features, along with a pool that reflected the garden and sky's beauty; a variety of trees, some for shade only and others for fruit production; colorful and fragrant flowers; grass, which typically grows wild beneath the trees; birds to sing throughout the garden; The entire area is cooled by gentle breezes.
The memoirs and biographies of the Mughal emperors, including those of Babur, Humayun, and Akbar, contain early textual references about Mughal gardens. Later references can be found in "the accounts of India," which were written by various European tourists like Bernier. Constance Villiers-Stuart wrote the first serious historical study of Mughal gardens, titled Gardens of the Great Mughals (1913). Edwin Lutyens consulted her, which may have influenced his choice of Mughal style for the Viceroy's Garden in 1912.
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