NEW DELHI, Oct 17 - Cherry blossom admirers have a reason to cheer as a festival is lined up next month in Shillong, the organisers said here today.
At a press conference held here, Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul M Sangma and the Director of Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development (IBSD), Dinabandhu Sahoo, invited the people of India and the international community to visit the north-eastern city during the festival.
The India International Cherry Blossom Festival, the �world�s only autumn cherry blossom festival� is slated to be held during November 8-11, Sangma told reporters.
They said that if Indians ever wanted to see the Cherry Blossom Festival, they don�t have to fly to Japan or the US anymore as in Meghalaya�s capital, cherry blossoms are in full bloom every November with pink and white foliage all along the roadside and the famous Ward�s Lake. � PTI