This Article is From Jan 25, 2015

Saying it With Flowers. Delhi Blooms for Obamas

Saying it With Flowers. Delhi Blooms for Obamas

Over 100 floral baskets have been hung from road posts. (Press Trust of India photo)

New Delhi: In the Delhi winter sun, hordes of flowers - some brought in from cities like Shimla and Bangalore - are on proud display for the city's VVIP visitors.

Along the routes that President Barack Obama and wife Michelle drive down in the Beast, their heavily-fortified limousine, 70 signboards with flowers as their sole components are transmitting signs of Indo-US closeness. One shows the flags of the two countries; another pairs the national birds of the peacock and the eagle.

21 flower fountains and 16 oversized animal figures have been installed for the Beast's journey to Rashtrapati Bhawan, a journey the Obamas will make twice today, first for a reception and later tonight for a banquet in their honour.

Over 100 floral baskets have been hung from road posts.

The Obamas will leave Delhi on Tuesday after POTUS completes a packed agenda that includes serving as Chief Guest at tomorrow's Republic Day parade and bilateral talks that are likely to throw up a breakthrough in the stalled nuclear energy deal between India and the US.

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