Places to visit Chandigarh
Chandigarh is a union territory of India which is the capital of Punjab as well as Haryana . Chandigarh has a culture that blends traditional Punjab as well as modernism. Chandigarh is a very beautiful city that looks like a dream in a hurry. It is located in the foothills of the Shivalik ranges of the Himalayas in northwest India. There is an ancient temple dedicated to the Hindu goddess Chandi , after which the city is named. Due to urban design and construction, it is known as the first planned city of India all over the world. The weather here is favorable throughout the year due to its high altitude. The city is also known as “City Beautiful” due to its amazing beauty. After the Indo-Pak partition, Punjab needed a new capital in place of Lahore. Then Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of independent India, decided to build a new and planned city. In the 1950s, a French architect and urban planner named Le Corbusier designed Chandigarh . On November 1, 1966, th