Chandigarh
Keyword : Geography, Climate ,History,
Different Tourist Spots, Festivals ,Cuisine and Transport.
Hello Friends ,
My name is Sylvia Sen Gupta. If you love to enjoy visit of Chandigarh , you should see the writing part
along with photographs until the end to get a proper guidance of that
particular destination, which would make your travel easy and comfortable.
Chandigarh
is one of the early planned cities of India, after Independence .It was design
by international architects .It was planned by American planner Albert Mayer.
Chandigarh’s capital complex become part of world heritage, declared by UNESCO
in July
2016 at World Heritage Conference held in Istanbul. The name of Chandigarh has
arrived from merger of two words Chandi
and Garh .Chandi is called Hindu Goddess Chandi (Parvati) and Garh means that fortress.
Chandigarh is also called “The city of Beauty”. It is an union territory of India, capital of
two neighbouring states of Punjab and Haryana. It is bordered by the state of
Punjab from north,west and south and east is bordered of Haryana state.
Chandigarh is situated near the foothills of the Sivalik range of the Himalayas
and part of northwest India. Chandigarh is lying in the north plains which
cover vast area of flat and fertile land. The city is located between 30.740
N longitude and 76.79 0 E latitude .It is 321 metres (1053ft)
above sea level .The humid subtropical climate is Chandigarh city’s original
climate .City is very hot summers ,mild winter and unreliable rainfall and
great variation in temperature .The average maximum temperature is 43C0
and 5C0 .The city’s average
annual rainfall is 43.73
inches
.The capital of the Punjab Province went under the West Punjab of Pakistan. So it
become urgent need to form a capital for
East Punjab in India and the then government of India has took a decision to
develop Chandigarh city. Once the city
is developed government declared it as a capital of Punjab. It was inaugurated
by India’s first president Rajendra Prasad on 7 October in 1953 .After
,Indian Independence Punjab state was
one of the popular state of India ,but on the 1st November 1966
,Haryana was separated from Punjab state as demand by the local population .
Then Haryana became another new state of India. The then Indian Government
decided that Chandigarh city should
become capital for both states of Punjab and Haryana. Type of tourist
spots available in Chandigarh are : Nek
Chand's Rock Garden, Sukhna Lake, Zakir Hussain Rose Garden, Chhatbir
Zoo,Sector 17 Market, Government Museum and Art Gallery, Butterfly Park,
International Dolls Museum, Japanese
Garden, Nada Sahib Gurudwara, Fun City Waterpark,Elante Mall,National Gallery
of Portraits,Mansa Devi Temple,Open Hand Monument,Le Corbusier Centre and rock
Garden ,War Memoral. Type of
dresses available in Chandigarh are :
kada , Nath, Phulkari dupattas, Juttis,
Gota patti suits , Sarees, Paranda, Pankhi and
Gur. Type of cusinie
available in Chandigarh are
: kadhi, Punjabi chhole, Makki di
roti , Lachha parantha,Stuffed kulcha, Amritsari fish, Lassi and Sarson ka
saag. Type of festival available in Chandigarh are : Lohri,Teeyan Gurupurab ,
Hola Mohalla and Baisakhi. Type of transport available in Chandigarh are :Road services
,Bus,Taxi, Auto-rickshaw, Car ,Rickshaws,Cycle rickshaws, Taxi, Private cars ,Train service
and Air service. Types of
accommdation available in Chandigarh are :Hometel Chandigarh,Red Fox Hotel,The Fern
Residency, Hotel Balaji ,Motel
Maurya,Hotel The Yellow,Hotel Rajshree,Hotel Orbit 34 (Hotels in
Chandigarh),Hotel KC Residency, Hotel Solitaire, Hotel Surya Palace, Hotel
Mountview, Hotel Diamond Plaza, Hotel Oyster, Hotel Diamond.
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