Thursday, March 20, 2014

Chandigarh - The Planned City of India

Chandigarh is a city in northern india, which is capital of Punjab and Haryana. This town is a planned city and was planned along with Bhubaneswar city by architects such as Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Jane Drew and Maxwell Fry. 

Chandigarh called as best planned tri-city by forming 3 towns together from Chandigarh, Mohali and Panchkula.

Chandigarh has a lot of attractions within the city. Some of them are listed below:

Places to visit:
  • Sukhna Lake
  • Rock garden
  • Leisure valley
  • Open hand monument
  • Capitol complex
  • Cactus Garden
  • National Gallery of Portraits
  • Garden of Fragrance
  • Le Corbusier Centre
  • The Government Museum and Art Gallery
  • International Doll Museum
Shopping in city also changed a lot during change of time, now they have many shopping centers and branded shops all around  it. Living style of people changed a lot from traditional homes, now it converted to apartments, duplex housed around it.

There are all type of Shops in Chandigarh, but some specific product and services available in a particular area, from which we have listed few if you are trying to shop for specific items: Shopping is really fun and interesting in these places.

Shopping Areas:
  • Auto Centers: Sectors 28, 21
  • Book Shops: Sector 14, 17, 19, 22
  • Electronic Goods: Sector 17
  • Fruits, Vegetables and Grains: Sector 26
  • Furniture: Sector 34, 7 (Madhya Marg)
  • Garment, Shoes, sarees, clothes: Sector 9
  • Hardware: Sector 7, 18, 22
  • Medical Stores: Sector 11, 16
  • Meat and Fish: Sector 21
  • Vegetable and Fruit Stalls: Sector 19, 20

As Online Shopping is going up in all part of world, it is same for people living here. now most of the younger generations and mid aged men/ women prefer to buy their sarees, clothing, shirts, shalwar suits, kurta, sun glasses, books from major online shopping sites in India. It gave them freedom to shop and in their preferable time and in best price which is not available in traditional shops around india. Online Shopping also give them time to research on a particular product before they buy it.

Tourism of India always trying to bring visitors to the city and it is easy because most of the tourist take a break here during visiting Solan (Mushroom Town), Shimla (Gardern of India) and many northern place around it.

Staying in this city is not a big deal because we can find all type of hotels and guest houses here. We can choose budget hotels or high end star hotels according to our pocket.

Please share your experience of this beautiful city. Have a enjoyable trip and shopping experiences.

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