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27/05/22 08:36 AM IST

India’s ‘First Lavender Festival'

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  • Asserting that the country’s first lavender festival in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bhaderwah has been possible only by the progressive thinking of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said Bhaderwah is the potential destination of agri-tech start-ups in the country.
About Festival
  •  Lavender Festival in the valley of Bhaderwah is the best example of development of present progressive government at the centre which should have been celebrated much earlier, Bhaderwah being the best place for lavender cultivation in terms of land and climate.
  • The agriculturist Sh. Bharat Bhushan called the Brand Ambassador of Purple Revolution in India is an inspiration for youth in J&K towards Start-up culture.
  • The Lavender Festival in Bhaderwah is being attended in large numbers by Scientists, Technologists, Progressive Farmers and Agri- entrepreneurs drawn from different parts of the country including Jammu and Kashmir.
Source-PIB

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