Travel in Chandigarh
This modern city offers serenity in its exquisite rock gardens. Chandigarh, designed by the French architect Le Corbusier, is the capital of the Indian states of Punjab and Haryana. Though Simla was chosen as temporary headquarters, the need for a permanent capital resulted in the birth of a new city at the foothills of the Shivalik hills. Chandigarh then became the new capital of Punjab and Haryana. But the administration of the capital itself was neglected which was solved by making it a Union Territory under the Central Government on November 1, 1966. Covering an area of 56 square kilometres, Chandigarh is the first "planned" city of India. The city has neatly laid out roads and parks, buildings ranging against mountain peaks, boulevards and streets lined by endless rows of trees and shrubs. The city is named after the Goddess Chandi Devi, whose white-domed temple stands on the slope of a hill in the north east of Chandigarh on the edge of the Shivalik hills. Spread over an area of 114 sq. kms, it is a modern city built in 47 sectors (excluding the unlucky number 13). Each sector consists of market places and shopping centers. All the sectors are interconnected by State Transport buses, auto-rickshaws and taxis. This city has its population drawn from every community and region in India,and ranks second in literacy among the country's states and union territories. Courtesy of the India Tourism Board
Travel in Chandigarh Attractions
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