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HISTORY AND CULTURE

Chandigarh – ‘the city beautiful’, is one of the perfect welcoming cities in terms of architecture, cultural growth and modernization. The name Chandigarh is a portmanteauof Chandi and Garh. Chandi refers to goddess Chandi, the warrior form of goddess Parvati, and Garh means fort. The name is derived from Chandi mandir, an ancient temple devoted to the Hindu goddess Chandi, near the city in Panchkula District. Chandigarh is a city and a union territory in the Northern part of India that serves as the capital of the states of Punjab and Haryana.

ATTRACTIONS & REVIEWS

FESTIVALS

Dussehra and Diwali, the ‘festival of lights’ are
both celebrated as a way to mark the importance
of good over evil. The city looks beautiful
in the Diwali week with decorated houses
where Crackers, fireworks and diyas
form the major part of the festival.
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City Attractions

ROCK GARDEN

Nek Chand Rock Garden is unique: the surreal fantasy of a local transport official who, starting in 1957, spent almost 20 years personally creating more than 2000 sculptures using stones, debris and other discarded junk that was left over from the 50-odd villages that were destroyed in order to build the city of Chandigarh.

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WEATHER

Chandigarh

OTHER DESTINATIONS

TRAVEL TIPS

· Be careful of touts who try to mislead travellers and are persistent in offering their services. When confronted by touts, firmly tell them that you do not require their services.

· Be familiar with the language spoken so that you avoid any sort of hustle-bustle while roaming in the city. People in Vadodara converse in Gujarati,Marathi , Hindi and English.

· Always make a note of emergency numbers in the city, like 101 (Police) and 102 ( Ambulance), the phone/calling code of Vadodara is +91 265

· The currency in Vadodara is the Indian rupee (INR) therefore, make sure that you carry Indian rupee with you else the airport is home to a 24-hour money change office.

· Manage your time effectively. Be aware of how consuming each destination would be in terms of time. Travel with flex travel time on the front end, this will reduce your frustration if there happen to be any sort of delays.

· Local transport consists mainly of City Buses and three-wheelers called auto-rickshaws which are very cheap and easily available. While travelling always insist on meter usage.

· If you're headed to plan a trip to Vadodara, make sure that it lasts not more than three days because then you'll run out of things to do. And because of the fact that it is cosmopolitan - infrastructurally decent and well connected by rail, road and air, it is a good place to make day trips to other places.

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