With an aim to provide exposure to the domestic mango industry, Delhi Tourism on Friday organised 29th Mango Festival, showcasing varieties of mangos produced in the country. Visitors were given an opportunity to taste the flavour of mangoes. The festival also offers a package deal of fun and frolic for both children and other family members. The festival will be continuing till July 2.
A senior tourism official said that among 17 participants in this festival, nine are Government organisations such as APEDA, IARA, and CISH. Out of them, eight are private orchard owners and farmers namely Javed Amin (West Bengal), Ramveer Singh Chauhan (Saharanpur), Mustafa Orchards, society for conservation of Mangoes etc. The aforesaid traditional growers of mangoes have attained expertise over generations excelling in research and propagation of this fruit, which has indeed strengthened their faith in their occupation.
"An assortment of rare as well as commercially popular mangoes such as Fajri, Husn-E-Ara, Jannat, Jonariya, Temuriya, Moosabala, Sadaphal, Makhkhan, litchi, Haathijhool, Begum Pasand, Toffee Mango, Choosta, Yogi, Shareefa etc are available on the display this year," he said.
Mango has been an inseparable part of Indian culture since ancient times. From cuisine to ceremonies, mango plays an important role and thus it deserves a celebration.
India is the largest exporter of mangoes with an exporting quantity of over 50,000 tonnes and while there are more than 1365 varieties of mangoes grown all over the world. India has its fair share of 1000 diverse kinds of mangoes.