MARGAO MUNICIPAL GARDEN

 Margao Municipal gardens lies in the heart of the busiest City, Margao opposite  Margao Municipal building.
 The larger square shows the Margao Municipal Garden. Its Northern segment, developed by the Mavany family, was named after H.H. The Aga Khan, during his visit just before Goa's liberation. The entire garden is Municipal property and maintained by Margao Municipal Council.

Golden shower tree

The Golden Shower Tree adorns the northern segment of the Margao municipal garden, called the Aga Khan park.

Common name: Amaltas, Golden shower tree
Botanical name: Cassia fistula

About the Tree:

It is one of the most beautiful of all tropical trees when it sheds its leaves and bursts into a mass of long, grape-bunches like yellow gold flowers. A tropical ornamental tree with a trunck consisting of hard reddish wood, growing up to 40 feet tall. The wood is hard and heavy; it is used for cabinet, inlay work, etc. It has showy racemes, up to 2″ long, with bright, yellow, fragrant flowers. These flowers are attractive to bees and butterflies. The fruits are dark-brown cylindrical pods, also 2” long, which also hold the flattish, brown seeds (up to 100 in one pod). These seeds are in cells, each containing a single seed. The golden shower tree is the state flower of Kerala in India. The flowers are of ritual importance for the Vishu festival of the State of Kerala. A postal stamp was issued by the Indian Postal Department to commemorate this tree. The flower of the golden shower tree is the national flower of Thailand; its yellow flowers symbolize Thai royalty

About Aga Khan park:

The Northern segment of the Margao Municipal Garden was developed by a businessman, Abdul Javerbhai Mavany . It was named after H.H. The Aga Khan, during his visit just before Goa’s liberation and and inaugurated by Goa’s last Portuguese Governor General, Vassalo e Silva, in 1959. The entire garden is now a Municipal property and maintained by Margao Municipal Council.