Mysore/Mysuru, Dec. 21 -- Countdown has begun for the opening of 10-day Flower Show organised as part of Magi Utsav (Winter Festival) at Palace premises this evening.

The Flower Show will be open till Dec. 31, between 5 pm and 9 pm.

Social Welfare and District Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa will inaugurate the Flower Show at 4 pm. Krishnaraja MLA T.S. Srivatsa will preside . Mysuru-Kodagu MP Yaduveer Wadiyar will be present.

Various floral artefacts made using lakhs of flowers of myriad hues are the main attractions, with a replica of Sringeri Temple being the novel creation of this year Flower Show.

The Siridhanya made portrait of green crusader Saalumarada Thimmakka, who passed away recently, model picture of erstwhile ruler of Mysor...