Botanical garden Lalbagh is located in the southern city of Bangalore, capital of Karnataka. Its name "Lal Bagh", which means "red garden", the garden was due to the large number of growing roses in it. The founder of the garden is Haidar Ali, one of the most famous rulers of the Principality of Mysore (later Karnataka). It was his order on the territory of about he was a garden, which was intended for his personal use. Plants for the garden were brought from all over the world – Persia, Afghanistan, France, England. The same was specially built complex irrigation system that not only watered the earth, but also helped to create a wonderful fountains and Lotus ponds. Later the development of the garden did the son of Hyder Ali Tipu Sultan, which joins an existing collection of rare and exotic plants.

In 1856 Lalbagh received the status of a Government Botanical Garden, and since then has been the object of scientific research. And in 1870-ies, in honor of the Prince of Wales at the initiative of the caretaker of the garden of John Cameron, began construction of a Glass House, a model for which was the London Crystal Palace. Today in Glass houses annually (in January and August) are held flower shows, which attract tourists from all over the world.

In addition to the Glass House, another attraction of Lalbagh is the Kempegowda monument, located on top of a rocky formation, the age of which has about 3 million years. From the top of this hill you can see almost the entire garden.

At the moment Lalbagh is one of the largest Botanical gardens in Asia, it is more than 97 acres of land. In the garden there are about 1854 plant species, including very rare species.

To get into Lalbagh through one of the four main gates of the South (considered major), Northern, Western or Eastern. The garden is open for visits all year round, from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m., and from 9 am to 6 PM cost is paid.