Chennai, May 15 -- Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Thursday inaugurated the 127th annual Ooty Flower show at Udhagamandalam--the Queen of Hill stations--in the Nilgiris district.

The ten day flower show will continue till May 25 at the famous Botanical Gardens.

Mr Stalin, along with his Cabinet colleagues, DMK MPs and officials, went round the flower show.

Organized by the Department of Horticulture and Plantation Crops in collaboration with the Nilgiris district administration, the event has been extended from five to ten days this year to accommodate an expected surge in tourist footfall and to enhance public engagement.

As it coincided with the summer vacation, the flower show would draw thousands of visitors from across t...