Children’s Traffic Park, Chandigarh

The Children Traffic Park is spread over an area of 12 ½ acres and located in sector 23-A. The roads constructed in Traffic Park teaches the young and inquisitive minds on road safety. The model of traffic lights has been installed. This park is meant for children who are learning to cycle and is designed to teach them the rules of road safety.

The area outside is covered by grassy lawns, flower beds, plants, trees and roads constructed for training on road safety. This is one yet another effort from the youngest city in the country to nurture and groom better citizens of tomorrow.

The park is opened daily from 8:00 am to 6:00pm during winter and between 8:00am to 7:00pm during summer seasons. Though the park is significant for domestic tourism it has the potential to attract foreigners who visits the city. The city is dotted with world class hotels and resorts and the airport lies in the heart of the city.

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Art & Culture of Chandigarh

Chandigarh is the city of multi cultural people, languages and the city with full of artistic monuments and artistic people. The artistic performance occurs almost every day in the city. There is a Cultural Complex in Chandigarh which includes an Audio-Visual Training Institute, theatres, a Museum and an Art Gallery.

Rock Garden is the best example for art work created from broken pieces of items like crockery, bangles, pots, stones, etc.

People in Chandigarh enjoy every moment of their lives by living life hassle free. Many artists, singers, dancers, writers, musicians and actors live in the city.

People of Chandigarh speak in either Punjabi or Hindi. It differs from many other cities of the region in that it has attracted people from throughout India. Most of the people living here are service oriented people. It is as much cosmopolitan in nature as any other Indian town with numerous temples, mosques, shrines and bhawans located through out the city.

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Cactus Garden

Cactus Garden is located at a distance of about 8 km. away from Chandigarh, in center part of Panchkula.

Cactus Garden is also called as National Cactus and is also a Research Centre. The main goal behind developing the garden was preservation and conservation of endangered species of cacti and succulents. The Garden covering an area of 7 acres is considered as Asia’s largest outdoor landscaped cacti and Succulents. You can find nearly 3500 different kinds of species of Cacti & succulents. The garden has a comprehensive collection of Indian succulents, the largest in the world. Some of them extremely rare and has already been declared as endangered species, which includes Genus Caralluma of Indian origin. The cacti and succulents also have medicinal values. It is also a great attraction not only for tourists but also for the botanists.

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FUNCITY in Ramgarh

Funcity, 20km from Chandigarh is the  biggest Amusement Park and Water  Park  in  entire northern region, is spread over 43 acres of scenic land. It is a unique combination of Amusement Park, Water Park and Resort. Here we can find exiting and hi-tech hydraulic rides (Razzle-Dazzle, Big Apple, Crazy Cars, Fun Slide, Fun Flight, Big  Wheel, Fun Willies etc.)  in Amusement Park for both children and adults. Wunder Water – the first and the biggest wet park in the region has three landing pools, one activity pool, one wave pool and 16 water  slides of different sizes and shape including a few  small ones  for  children. New rides like Aqua dance, lazy river, splash pool, Slides like Typhoon tunnel, White multi lane white slide, Run away raft slide, Red dragon slide, Pendulum slide have also been introduced.

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National Gallery Of Portraits in Chandigarh

National gallery was established in 1977 and is situated at Sector-17B in Chandigarh. It exhibits a journey of India’s struggle for freedom from the rising of 1857 to the achievement of freedom in 1947.

Here, you can find the portraits of famous Indian Freedom Fighters like Gandhiji and Pandit Jawaha Lal Nehru and also other freedom fighters recorded voices.

Apart from this, an amazing library with outstanding collection of books gives a vast account of the freedom movement. The gallery also exhibits more than 1000 photographs and duplicate of original rare documents, ceramic murals and sculptures. National Gallery of Portraits also houses a film on the freedom movement of India.

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About Chandigarh

Chandigarh is located in northwest India. It is not only a Union Territory, but also the capital of the Indian states of Punjab and Haryana. Chandigarh is the first ‘planned’ city of India. The city site was selected in 1948 after a careful survey, including an aerial reconnaissance.

The city has neatly laid out roads and parks, and wide boulevards lined by endless rows of trees. Most of the buildings are closely spaced and laid out in continuous rows. This is called ‘terrace housing‘.

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Rock Garden, Prototype of Creativity

Chandigarh has the distinction of having a unique world-acclaimed Rock Garden. It is located in Sector 1 between the Capitol Complex and Sukhna Lake.

The garden houses sculptures made by using a variety of different discarded waste materials like frames, mudguards, forks, handle bars, metal wires, play marbles, porcelain, auto parts, broken bangles etc.

There are no flowers or plants in this garden. The garden consists of figures made of raw cement resembling humans and animals.

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Rose Garden in Chandigarh

The Chandigarh Rose Garden with its unique charm attracts a number of visitors.  The Chandigarh Rose Garden is the largest of its kind not only in India but all over Asia. The Chandigarh Rose Garden is popularly known as “Zakir Gulab” Bag.

Chandigarh rose garden contains more than 17,000 plants. There are nearly 1,600 varieties of roses there. Along with the roses, emphasis was also given on the trees of medicinal value and some unique specimen trees to enhance the beauty of the garden. The medicinal trees planted here are bel, bahera, harar, camphor and yellow gulmohar.  This garden is the venue of the annual Festival of Gardens, an event listed on the national calendar of fairs and festivals.

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Sukhna Lake, Great picnic spot

Sukhna Lake is a beautiful lake that lies in the foothills of Shivalik range. This 3-square-kilometre rain fed lake was created in 1958 by damming the Sukhna Choe, a seasonal stream coming down from the Shivalik Hills.

People visit this place in the morning to enjoy the cool breeze and the beauty of nature. Chandigarh Sukhna Lake serves as a great picnic spot and an apt place for pursuing water sport activities like boating, yachting and water skiing etc.

The Sukhna Lake attracts migratory birds from places/lands as far as Siberia and elsewhere.

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