The Empress Garden

The landscaping was good and the evening light was perfect to capture this. 

Every time when I enter the Empress Garden (in Pune) I am in awe of this structure which must have been standing there for more than a century 

and so are these tall trees that are standing as a mute witness to all that is happening around it 

The flower show and the sale of the Garden items that is held every year had something unique this time and that is the landscaping of the place by Dr Krishna Chavan. Liked his concept of “Love Green Live Green”

One can’t miss the lavish spread of green with splashes of colourful flowers.

The perfect background  for selfie seekers. 

For a minute I thought that these are real flamingos   

There were other activities too like flower show competition and Bonsai display

This was organised by the Agri-Horticulture Society of Western India. You can have a glimpse of everything in this short video.

I was told that the exhibition and the sale will continue till 27th of January. 

Running for health

Keeping oneself fit is the order of the day and I noticed this while on my cycling round close to my residence. 

There was a run and walk event organised by a community who calls themselves Movember Run.

I just kept following them and it was good to see that the participants were from all age groups  

There was a lady with a child in her arm. I asked her "did you run with the child?" to which she replied "Yes, I actually wanted to do the 3 km stretch but ended up doing 5 km just to keep the child entertained" 

Noticed a couple of guys who were running barefoot 

Close to the finish line I saw these overhead tanks tastefully painted. 

After the event there were cooling down sessions with a yoga instructor showing the right way to do it. 

And as usual there were photo sessions and selfie sessions 

and some were concentrating on taking the picture of the prestigious medal 

I noticed some photo booths too at the finish venue and some of the participants made it colourful. 

I was later told that the Bollywood actor Manjot Singh did the flag off and gave away the prizes, but I was not around at that time.

Made a short video on what I could capture in the morning.