IN PHOTOS | Annual summer festival begins in Tamil Nadu's Nilgiris district

Marking the beginning of the summer festival in Tamil Nadu's Nilgiris, Tourism Minister K Ramachandran along with Nilgiris MP A Raja inaugurated the 12th annual vegetables show organised by the Horticulture department on May 6, 2023. As part of the summer festival, fruit shows, rose shows, flower shows and spice shows have also been scheduled this month.

Marking the beginning of the summer festival in Tamil Nadu's Nilgiris, Tourism Minister K Ramachandran along with the Nilgiris MP A Raja inaugurated the 12th annual vegetables show organised by the Horticulture department on May 6, 2023. (Photo | S Senbagapandiyan, EPS) 

Tourism Minister K Ramachandran along with Nilgiris MP, A Raja and other officials visiting the annual vegetable show in the Nilgiris. (Photo | S Senbagapandiyan, EPS)

Promoting organic farming, in Nilgiris, all vegetables cultivated across the state are put on display at the stalls. (Photo | S Senbagapandiyan, EPS)

A huge-sized Pearl millet (Kambu), made out of one and a half tonnes of potatoes and maize made with bell pepper attracted the crowd. (Photo | S Senbagapandiyan, EPS)

Apart from vegetables, stalls have been put for promoting the usage of millet. (Photo | S Senbagapandiyan, EPS)

A total of 5,800 tourists visited the event on Saturday. (Photo | S Senbagapandiyan, EPS)

As part of the summer festival, fruit shows, rose shows, flower shows and spice shows have also been scheduled this month. (Photo | S Senbagapandiyan, EPS)

Tourism Minister K Ramachandran said that the event is being organised to improve the tourism sector and tea industry in the district. (Photo | S Senbagapandiyan, EPS)

MP A Raja said that Chief Minister MK Stalin gives special attention to the Nilgiris district as it is a heritage place for Tamil culture apart from a well-known tourist spot in the country. (Photo | S Senbagapandiyan, EPS)