Chandigarh Gardens

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Rock Garden Chandigarh

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Rock Garden is probably Chandigarh’s premier attraction, a popular spot for tourists. It was created by Nek Chand Saini, a resident of the city, in 1958.The urban waste material like bottles, tin cans, broken plugs, plates, saucers was turned into creative patterns and textures, mute rocks turned into art objects. A visit to the Rock Garden is a must for all the tourists traveling to Chandigarh. The first phase of the rock Garden is a small canyon. The canyon opens into a series of chambers, each one filled with scores of human and animal forms in concrete and broken ceramic or glass.

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pictures of chandigarh

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AT A GLANCE

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Postal Code 160017 GPO
ISD Code 91
STD Code 0172
Internet Address www.citcochandigarh.com
Longitude 760 48′ E
Latitude 300 50′ N
Area 114 square kms
Altitude 304 – 365 metres above MSL
Annual Rainfall 111.4 cm/yearly average
Monsoon July – September
Climate Winter    Min. (Nov-Jan) 4oC – 14oC
Summer Max. (April-July) 37oC – 44oC
Towns (NAC) 3 – Manimajra, Burail and Attawa
Villages 27
Population 9.5 Lacs
Urban Population 86.6%
Literacy Rate 78%
Prevalent Winds From the South East in Summer. From the Northwest in Winter.
Air Quality Chandigarh’s ambient air quality is better than that of most other cities in the world. In Chandigarh only non polluting and power driven industries are permitted.
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Entertainment

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DISCOS
Name Address Telephone
Aerizzona Sector 9-D 2740622
Antidote Sector-26 4621382, 4622382
CINEMAS
Name Address Telephone
Batra Sector 37-B 2690400, 2690401
Fun Republic Manimajra 5050118, 5050123
Kiran Sector 22-D 2705082, 5072660
Neelam Sector 17-D 2703600
Nirman Sector 32-D 26000313
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17 sector

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Sector 17 Chandigarh is the heart of “city beautiful.” Main Buildings, shops etc :-I.S.B.T Chandigarh, Court Complex, City Center 17 Plaza, Tdi Mall, KC Mall, Neelam Cinema, All Branded Showrooms, restaurants, pubs, disco, Hot Millions, SBI Building Local head office, Bank Squire, estate office, fashionable clothing stores, licensing authority, Music World, Hotel Taj, Shivalik View, and many smaller businesses, in the lower and upper levels of the plaza buildings, items to be found include tailoring supplies, and tailors, jewelry, electronics, awards manufacturers, books, fabrics/clothing and regional imports. The plaza in this sector is home to many events, tradeshows, and concerts Continue reading →

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sukhna lake

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On the South Eastern boundary of the city is the seasonal rivulet Sukhana choe . Water through it used to flow away in the rainy season. The planner of the city through their imagination, created a lake by obstructing  the flow of rain water through the Sukhana Choe.A three and half km long dam was built to create a reservoir of water. Now known as Sukhna lake. Continue reading →

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