An environment protection group called Re-Echo will hold a lotus festival at Tirunavaya in the district on Tuesday. Apart from lotus farmers, tourists, students and social workers are expected to attend the day-long festival.
The festival will have seminars on medicinal value of lotus, tourism promotion aspect of the lotus pond, and the spiritual bearing of the flower.
There will be an exhibition featuring food items made of lotus, medicine and coins and stamps with the lotus motif. The organisers hope to make the fest an annual event.