Amritsar
Amritsar, the holy city of the
Sikhs, was founded in 1577 by Ram Das,
the
fourth Guru of the Sikhs. The name Amritsar translates as ' pool of nectar' and
the holiest shrine of the Sikh religion, the Golden Temple, is located in the
centre of the city. The original copy of the holy book, the Granth Sahib, is
kept at this temple and occasionally taken out on procession. Excursions include
the Govindgarh fort, built by Maharaja Ranjit Singh in 1809; the temple of Taran
Taran, another important centre of the Sikhs and predates the Golden Temple;
Sight Seeing & Religious Places:
Golden temple
which is located in the heart of the city, the Jalianwala
Bagh which is a memorial of the martyrs of the 1919, the Durgiana Mandir
that is dedicated to the Hindu goddess Durga, and Baba Atal Rai Tower
are some of the main tourist attractions in Amritsar.
Excursions:
Wagah Border.
Chandigarh
Chandigarh
a new city constructed
in the 1950s, was designed by the French architect Le Corbusier. The
Rose Garden, claimed to be the biggest in Asia, contains more than a
thousand varieties of roses. Excursions include the Mughal gardens at
Pinjore; Shimla, the summer capital British India; Kullu Manali,
located in the mountain state of Himachal Pradesh. The Kullu valley is
a lush, green valley with the sparkling Beas river running through it
against a backdrop of snow-clad Himalayan peaks. Manali is the base
for a number of exciting treks and expeditions. The City was a created to fulfill the need of a permanent capital of Punjab and Haryana, although Shimla was a temporary headquarters in those times. Chandigarh, the capital of both Punjab and Haryana, The white dome temple of Goddess Chandi Devi that stands on the slope of a hill, situated in the north-east of Chandigarh, on the edge of the Shivalik hill,
is from where the city obtains its name Chandigarh. From here one can tour north
side to the hill stations of Shimla, Kullu, Manali, Dharamshala and
Dalhousie. Chandigarh is not only the most modern city in the country
but has been the most cleanest cities in Northern India.
Sight Seeing Places:
The Secretariat, The Assembly & High Court, Zakir Hussain Rose Garden, Rock Garden, Sukhna Lake, Govt. Museum & Art Gallery & Punjab University Complex, International Doll Museum, National Gallery of Portraits.
Tours: Pinjore Gardens, Bhima Devi Temple, Chattbir Zoo, Chandi
Temple, Bhakra Nangal, Ponta Sahib, Naina Devi.
Tourism in States & Cities of India
Golden Triangle
