The Hindu
For the people: Couples meet with a measure of safety, the health conscious take in the fresh air, dog owners walk their canines and cultural groups perform before the verdant backdrop of Cubbon Park. Photo: K. Murali Kumar
A place to see and be seen in
Cubbon Park is not just a vital lung space, but also a social one
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Putting the ‘garden’ in Garden City
With its formal, often symmetrical landscaping and its many straight avenues lined with a single tree species — such as the mast tree avenue between the Queen’s and King’s statues — Cubbon Park ca...
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The best days are behind the Fish Canteen
Cubbon Park has always meant different things to different people. To some, it is a colonial relic, to others a botanical treasure trove. A lovers’ glade to some and joggers’ park to others.
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A smashing initiative
17 people with disabilities sweat it out over a game of tennis every weekend at Cubbon Park
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Gullies over the high street
But there are other jewels hidden within this rabbit warren of lanes named after prominent personalities from the Tamil Mudaliar community who once dominated this area.
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It isn’t just the flowers traditionally used in poojas that are sold around K.R. Market in the old city
