... The city was created in the 1950s to provide a home for hundreds of thousands of people displaced as a result of the Partition of India and Pakistan in 1947. What had been just a large empty piece of land in the shadow of the Shivalik Mountains, very quickly rose to become the capital of two ... Read review
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Advantages: One of a kind, it's mind-blowing Disadvantages: A bit like a maze - not easy to get out of
...temples or such-like. What sets the city apart is its architecture and layout. It has a reputation as India's first planned city - by which I mean a city that is as it was designed to be, rather than one that evolved over centuries or millennia. The city was created in the 1950s to provide a home for hundreds of thousands of people displaced as a result of the Partition of India and Pakistan in 1947. What had been just a large empty piece of land ... ...to become the capital of two states - Haryana and Punjab - as well as the capital of the newly formed Union Territory of Chandigarh. I've written previously about the city centre and the chi-chi shops of Sector 17. One of the other key tourist attractions (in so much as they exist in a city that attracts very few international tourists) is the surreal and wonderful Chandigarh Rock Garden.
Rock Gardens
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I was given Singstar Rocks for Christmas and I absolutely love it. I'm quite a shy person so I find it a little embarressing to sing along to on my own but when the husband is out the poor neighbours suffer! I've even managed to get a Singstar rating... more
