Worli resident Douglas Saldanha has bedecked his over 60-foot-tall Christmas tree adjacent to his home, with the tricolours as a shiny salute on Republic Day.

Saldanha’s tree, said to be the tallest natural Christmas tree in India, is always lit up during the Christmas festival, drawing visitors to MIG Colony, Adarsh Nagar, where his home is. “This time, I have put up tricolour lights,” said Saldanha, “for Republic day and I plan to keep them on till January 28. I had lit up this tree during Diwali last year with a fireworks theme. Then of course, it was lit up during Christmas. I stopped the lights after that, before putting them on for R-Day, in the theme of the national flag.”