Karnāl
Karnal is a city located in the Indian state of Haryana and serves as the administrative headquarters of the Karnal district.
Karnal is a city located in the Indian state of Haryana and serves as the administrative headquarters of the Karnal district. The city lies on National Highway 44, which connects it to the national capital, New Delhi, and the state capital, Chandigarh, placing Karnal almost midway between the two. To the south of Karnal is the city of Panipat, while Kurukshetra and Kaithal lie to its north. The Yamuna River flows along its eastern edge, separating Karnal from the Saharanpur and Shamli districts of Uttar Pradesh. According to local tradition, the city is believed to have been named after Karna, a prominent figure in the Hindu epic Mahabharata. The Battle of Karnal between Nader Shah of Persia and the Mughal Empire took place in the city in 1739. Karnal was used as a refuge by the forces of the East India Company during the Indian Rebellion of 1857 in Delhi.
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Worth seeing in and around Karnāl
3 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Karna Lake
Karna Lake is a major tourist attraction in the Karnal district of Haryana. It is located at a distance of 125 km from both Chandigarh and Delhi, thus serving as a midway halt while traveling between the two cities on the famous Grand Trunk Road.
6.6 km · lake in India · Wikipedia - 02National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal
National Dairy Research Institute is India's premier institute for dairy research, established in 1955, located in Karnal, Haryana, having been accorded with the status of Deemed University since 1989. NDRI operates under the aegis of Indian Council of Agricultural Research.
2.1 km · deemed university in Karnal, India · Wikipedia - 03Cantonment Church Tower
The Cantonment Church Tower is a church tower that was formerly part of St. James' Church, a former Anglican church, located in Karnal city of Haryana, India.
2.3 km · church in Haryana , India · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Atal Park
Well maintained park with gardens and fountains.
- 02Karn Taal
- 03Karna Lake
- 04Karna Stadium
A tomb for the memory of a saint, Sayad Mohd AKA Miran Sahib, a saint who died in 899 AD.
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Things to do
- 01Fun Cinemas
Sector 12.
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Where to eat
- 01Dominos
Jhilmil Dhaba (Zhilmil Dhaba), NH 1, toll-free: +91 99968 26726.
- 02Oasis
- 03Pizza Hut
1st floor, super mall, Sec-12, Karnal.
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Getting to Karnāl
- Airports
- Shaheed Bhagat Singh (IXC), 111 km · Indira Gandhi (DEL), 126 km · Maharaja Agrasen (HSS), 133 km
- Stations
- Karnal Flying Club, 5.6 km · Karnal railway station, 2.1 km
- Chandigarh → Karnāl118 km · quickest by road, 2h 20m · ₹810–1,020
- New Delhi → Karnāl121 km · quickest by road, 2h 30m · ₹920–1,150
- Hisar → Karnāl136 km · quickest by road, 2h 33m · ₹1,010–1,260
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No local-transport research exists yet for Karnāl
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Karnāl. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Karnāl
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