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How to Grow Water Lilies at Home: Expert With Over 200 Varieties Shares
Somnath Pal from Mumbai grows over 200 varieties of water lilies, 80 varieties of lotuses, and 15 varieties of other water plants. The lilies are priced anywhere between Rs 1,000 to Rs 45,000. He shares a few tips on how you too can become a water lily farmer.
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Somnath Pal from Mumbai recalls the days when he didn’t have enough money to buy his favourite plant the water lily. “I bought my first water lily when I was 18 years old. In that moment, I felt like I had gained something very special in my life,” the 36-year-old says.
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Attending the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) conference in Kathmandu, Nepal, back in 1978, Karnataka’s tourism minister at the time, R Gundu Rao, was given lodging at the famous Tiger Tops Jungle Lodge at the Royal Chitwan National Park.
(Image above of ‘Papa’ John Wakefield with American actress Goldie Hawn at Kabini River Lodge courtesy JLR)
Deeply impressed by the resort its facilities and the model of leveraging Chitawan’s stunning natural beauty to attract tourists in a responsible manner Gundu Rao felt a similar model could be adopted in his home state which was home to a myriad of wildlife species.