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Rock Garden: |
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Open from 10 AM to 9 PM all days except
Thursday and official holidays. This unique sculpture garden, the work of the
city's internationally acclaimed artist Sh. Nek Chand, is spread over 64 acres.
Visitors to the rock graden walk through a fantasy world consisting of a maze of
paths, chambers and canyons. The garden is adorned with numerous unique human
and animal forms in concrete and broken ceramic or glass. A mountain village on
the banks of a stream completes this unique feature of Chandigarh. |
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City Centre Sector 17: |
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Sector 17 represents the main shopping and
commercial centre of Chandigarh. This vast commercial complex is a
pedestrians paradise with four main plazas meeting at a ‘chock’. |
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Government Museum and Art Gallery: |
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Open from 10am to 5.30 pm on all days except Monday and official holidays.
The museum and art gallery was designed by Le Corbusier, and currently includes
over 600 Gandhara sculptures and almost 100 ancient sculptures from other
periods. It also boasts of several hundred miniature paintings as well as
objects in stucco and terra cotta metal, ivory, lacquer, ceramic, enamel and
fabric. |
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Sukhna Lake: |
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The sukhna lake was artificially created through imaginative use of the waters
of the seasonal rivulet ‘Sukhna choe’. The tree- shaded promenade around the
lake is a favourite spot to stroll and enjoy the tranquil ambience. |
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Zakir Rose Garden: |
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Named after India’s President, Zakit Hussain, the garden was established
as far back as 1967. The largest Rose Garden in Asia is spread over
an area of 27 acres and has more than 17000 plants representing about
1,600 varieties of rose. |
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Pinjore Yadavindra Gardens: |
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20 kms from Chandigarh on the Pinjore Kalka Road. This is a traditional
Mughal garden, created in the 17th century by Nawab Fidal Khan,
architect to the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb. The gardens are laid out over
more than 100 acres on a sloping site with fountains and pavilions. |
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Kasauli: |
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77 km from Chandigarh, a hill station popular for its unspoiled charm and quiet
trails. At night one gets a lovely view of the lights of Chandigarh from
here.
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Chail: |
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107 kms from Chandigarh,built by the Maharaja of Patiala as a summer palace,
Chail is now a posh hotel. Chail boasts of the world’s highest cricket
pitch in addition to superb views of the mountains. |
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Shimla: |
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130 kms from Chandigarh,this sprawling hill town, now the capital of Himachal
Pradesh, was British India’s summer capital. Excellent bus service makes
it easily accessible from Chandigarh or one can travel by a charming meter gauge
train. Shimla’s attractions include the Mall and the Ridge, scores of grand old
buildings including the Vice regal Lodge(now the Institute of Advanced Studies),
the Jakhoo Temple with its hordes of monkeys, the thickly wooded Glen and
Chadwick Falls, Annadale grounds and the Tibetan Bazar. It is a major
tourist destination and one will find plenty of accommodation and travel
services |
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Bhakra –Nangal: |
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116km from Chandigarh,this is the highest dam of its kind in the world; it spans
the Satluj river. A 40 square km reservoir, the Gobind Sagar stretches out
behind the dam. Restaurant, boating facilities and accommodation are
available. |
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Amritsar: |
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Amritsar, 240 kms from Chandigarh, is the holy city of the Sikh religion and is
home to its most sacred shrine, The golden Temple. Amritsar, which literally
means “Pool if Nectar” was founded by Guru Ramdas, the fourth guru of the Sikhs,
in the year 1579. |
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Chattbir Zoo: |
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15 kms from Chandigarh on the Chandigarh-Patiala road.The zoo spreads over an
extensive wooded area on the banks of the Ghagger river. More than 100 different
mammals, birds and reptiles are kept at the zoo. It also has a large population
of lions and tigers which can be viewed from safari vehicles. |