Chandigarh
Chandigarh is a locality in Chandigarh District, Chandigarh.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Rock Garden of Chandigarh and Open Hand Monument.
Rock Garden of Chandigarh
Garden
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The Rock Garden of Chandigarh is a sculpture garden in Chandigarh, India. It is also known as Nek Chand Saini's Rock Garden of Nathupur after its founder Nek Chand Saini, a government official who started building the garden secretly in his spare time in 1957.
Open Hand Monument
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The Open Hand Monument is a symbolic structure designed by the architect Le Corbusier and located in the Capitol Complex of the Indian city and union territory of Chandigarh.
Government Museum and Art Gallery
Museum
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Government Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh, is a public museum of North India having collections of Gandharan sculptures, sculptures from ancient and medieval India, Pahari and Rajasthani miniature paintings.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mohali and Panchkula.
Mohali
Photo: Harvinder Chandigarh, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mohali is a satellite city of Chandigarh and is also an administrative district of the Punjab, state in the Plains of India.
Panchkula
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Panchkula is a city and district headquarter in the Panchkula district in Haryana, India. It is a satellite town of the state capital Chandigarh. Panchkula is a border city with Punjab, Chandigarh and Himachal Pradesh.
Zirakpur
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Zirakpur is a town in Mohali District, Punjab, neighboring Mohali, India. It is set on the foothills of Shivalik hills. It is part of the tehsil Dera Bassi.
Chandigarh
- Type: Locality with 1,060,000 residents
- Location: Chandigarh District, Chandigarh, Plains, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
30.731° or 30° 43′ 52″ northLongitude
76.7842° or 76° 47′ 3″ eastPopulation
1,060,000Elevation
345 metres (1,132 feet)Open location code
8J2RPQJM+9MGeoNames ID
12682506
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