The Statue of Unity in Gujarat get a garden, a forest, and a houseboat!
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Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated the Maze Garden, Miyawaki Forest and additional tourist attractions in his home state of Gujarat.
The three-acre Maze Garden is India’s largest maze garden. In addition, it has a 2,100-metre path. Ekta Houseboat is the area’s sole houseboat rental company.
Miyawaki Forest draws from Japanese botanist Dr Akira Miyawaki’s plantation method. This method grows forests ten times faster and thirty times denser.
The Prime Minister’s ambition is to give visitors a holistic experience.
Key facts!
- These attractions are expected to draw many tourists to the Narmada District in Gujarat.
- The ‘Yantra’ that was used as the blueprint for the construction of the Maze Garden is said to radiate positive energy.
- 1.8 lakh young trees have been planted in and around the garden, creating a rich cover.
- The one-hectare Miyawaki Forest covers four acres.
- Japanese botanist Dr Akira Miyawaki developed a plantation method that grows forests ten times faster and thirty times denser.
- A digital orientation centre, native floral garden, timber garden, fruit garden, medicinal garden, and Miyawaki-specific mixed species garden will be in the Miyawaki Forest.
- The 90-foot-long, 20-foot-wide Ekta Houseboat has two well-equipped bedrooms, a dining room, a drawing room, an attached kitchen, a front deck, and an upper observation deck.
- The houseboat blends art and culture from the states of Kashmir and Gujarat.
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Watch a video
Youtube user “Design-Essentialz” explains the Miyawaki Method of Plantation to us.
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