Like every year, the Tourism Department of the Delhi Government organised the Mango Festival in the national capital. This was the 33rd Mango Festival organised by the Delhi Government held at Delhi Haat Janakpuri from July 5 to 7. More than 500 varieties of mangoes were displayed at the expo.
The Mango Festival was inaugurated by Minister of Tourism Department Saurabh Bharadwaj. Like every year, this year also mango cultivating farmers from every corner of the country reached the Mango Festival to display the variety of their mangoes. More than 500 varieties of mangoes were displayed in this Mango Festival and thoroughly enjoyed by thousands of people. Along with the exhibition of mangoes, cultural programs were also arranged in the Mango Festival. This festival started every day from 12 noon and continued till 9:00 pm After the inauguration on Friday, Bhardwaj visited the exhibition of more than 500 varieties of mangoes put up at the Mango Festival. He talked to the farmers present at the exhibition and got information about the different types of mangoes.
A farmer from Malihabad, Uttar Pradesh, which is famous for mangoes, told the minister that this time he is displaying more than 300 varieties of mangoes at the Mango Festival. He informed Bharadwaj about different mangoes and made him taste some of the varieties.
A farmer from West Bengal present at the exhibition said this time he has brought about 60 to 70 varieties of mangoes to this exhibition. That farmer showed Saurabh Bharadwaj some varieties of mangoes from his most special mangoes. It was a surprising moment when the farmer showed a mango of the size of a grape to the minister.
Along with this, the farmer also showed a mango weighing about 1 kg to the minister.
The festival boasted a wide range of mangoes on display, from mangoes as small as grapes to mangoes weighing up to 1 kilogram. Along with Malihabad, farmers from Sitapur in UP and West Bengal also informed Saurabh Bharadwaj about the importance of the mangoes displayed in their exhibition. Saurabh Bharadwaj encouraged all the farmers and wished everyone.
The Mango Festival saw varieties such as Ram Kela, Kesar Chausa, Ratol, Husnara, Amrapali, Fazli, Gulab Jamun, Langra, Totapuri, and Dussehri, among others. To make the festival more attractive, many types of competitions were also organised by the Delhi Tourism Department.
The Mango Festival was a centre of attraction for the public. People from Delhi and the surrounding areas arrived in large numbers to enjoy the Mango Festival.
Not only was an exhibition of mangoes been set up in the Mango Festival, but the facility to buy mangoes was also available there. People coming to the Mango Festival could be seen buying mangoes in large quantities.
