Mango, the king of fruits, has been in the market for over a month.
Those looking to try new varieties and indulge in some mango mania can now head to the 27th Mango festival being held at Dilli Haat, Janakapuri, by Delhi Tourism in association with the Delhi government.
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal inaugurated the event along with Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and Kapil Mishra, Minister for Law, Tourism, Art, Culture, Languages and Water.
Mr. Kejriwal appreciated the initiative that offers a magnificent display of different varieties of mangoes in one festival.
Mango lovers visiting Dilli Haat will have over 500 varieties to choose from, among which are Langra, Chausa, Amrapali, Rataul, Hussainara, Ramkela, Kesar, Fazri and Mallika. Children, meanwhile, can get acquainted with varieties that are as small as a grape and some that are as large as a papaya.
Various States have set up counters here while 13 farmers have on display traditional, hybrid and other unique varieties of the fruit.
Government institutions like Rajya Krishi Utpadan Mandi Parishad in Lucknow, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) in Delhi, Directorate of Horticulture and Food Processing in Uttar Pradesh and Mother Dairy, too, have set up stalls selling processed mango items such as pickles, jam, chutney, mango pulp, mango juice, jelly, aam papad and aam panna.
Saturday evening will have a mango eating competition in store for women, as part of which participants will be given 3 kilograms of mangoes to eat within 3 minutes.
The festival will continue till July 5.
