President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated Rashtrapati Bhawan’s Annual “Udyanotsav”, on Saturday, the 13th of February. The Mughal Gardens will be open for public with prior online bookings from 13th to 21st of March. Visitors will also be allowed in the Rashtrapati Bhavan and Rashtrapati Bhavan Museum. They will be able to witness the Change of Guard Ceremony.

The visiting hours for the public have been divided into seven slots, each for an hour duration, between 10am and 5pm. The slots begin from 10am and the last entry is at 4pm. The Mughal Gardens will remain closed on Mondays. Gate no 35 of Rashtrapati Bhavan on North Avenue Road is marked for the entry to the garden.

A maximum of 100 visitors are allowed per slot. Kids below 10 years of age and senior citizens of age 65 and above are not allowed. No charges will be levied for entry in Mughal Gardens during Udyanotsav. A maximum of 5 visitors can be registered in a single booking, and only one booking is allowed per mobile number. You have to make the booking 7 days prior to you desired date of visit and booking for the date closes a day before the required visit date.

Visitors need to carry the visitors pass for the entry, either in print or digital format, apart from an identity card. Mobile phones need to be switched off in the premises. But if the entry pass is stored on mobile, then the visitors will have to switch off the phones after check-in.

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, before the entry, the visitors are required to provide an undertaking at the time of online booking. The undertaking should detail that the visitors are non-resident of any containment zone; they are not suffering from any fever, cough and any respiratory disease; not been under quarantine in the last three weeks and have neither tested Covid-19 positive in the last three weeks.

Visitors need to strictly adhere to the Covid safety protocol set by the government. Eatables, paan, gutka, cigarette, backpack, camera and video camera are not permitted inside the garden.

For booking of tickets and more details log into https://presidentofindia.gov.in/ or https://rashtrapatisachivalaya.gov.in