New Delhi, March 2 -- The six day Rose Festival started in New Delhi. The festival is being organized by the New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC)

The Rose Festival is being hosted at the India-Africa Friendship Rose Garden on Shanti Path in Chanakyapuri and will continue till March 7.

"To celebrate the spring season in New Delhi, the New Delhi Municipal Council is organising a series of events like Tulip festival, Music in the Park, Flower Festival, Rose Festival and Food Festival," a statement said.

More than 80 varieties of the flower such as Fantasia, Hasina, Country Girl, First Edition, Hakun, and Betty Bop, are being displayed at the NDMC's Rose Festival, according to the release.

The Rose Festival will host a series of events ...