Chandigarh
Chandigarh is a city and union territory in northwestern India, serving as a shared capital for the states of Punjab and Haryana.
Chandigarh is a city and union territory in northwestern India, serving as a shared capital for the states of Punjab and Haryana. Situated near the foothills of the Shivalik range of Himalayas, it borders Haryana to the east and Punjab in the remaining directions. Chandigarh constitutes the bulk of the Chandigarh Capital Region or Greater Chandigarh, which also includes the adjacent satellite cities of Panchkula in Haryana and Mohali in Punjab. It is located 260 km northwest of New Delhi and 229 km southeast of Amritsar and 104 km southwest of Shimla.
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Worth seeing in and around Chandigarh
10 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.
- 01Chandigarh Capitol Complex
Chandigarh Capitol Complex is a government compound designed by Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier and his co-workers in Chandigarh, India. It comprises three buildings: the Palace of Assembly, Secretariat Building and the High Court plus four monuments and a lake.
3.7 km · UNESCO World Heritage Site in Chandigarh capital region, India · Wikipedia - 02Panjab University
Panjab University is a collegiate public state university located in Chandigarh, India. Funded through both State and Union governments, it is considered a state university.
3 km · state public university in Chandigarh, Chandigarh, India · Wikipedia - 03Open Hand Monument
The Open Hand Monument is a symbolic structure designed by the architect Le Corbusier and located in the Capitol Complex of the Indian city and union territory of Chandigarh. It is the emblem and symbol of the Government of Chandigarh and symbolizes "the hand to give and the hand to take; peace and prosperity, and the unity of mankind".
3.9 km · monument in Chandigarh, India · Wikipedia - 04Rock Garden of Chandigarh
The Rock Garden of Chandigarh is a sculpture garden in Chandigarh, India. It is also known as Nek Chand Saini's Rock Garden of Nathupur after its founder Nek Chand Saini, a government official who started building the garden secretly in his spare time in 1957.
3.3 km · sculpture garden in Chandigarh, India · Wikipedia - 05I. S. Bindra Stadium
The I. S. Bindra Punjab Cricket Stadium is a cricket ground located in Mohali, Punjab, India. It is commonly referred to as the Mohali Stadium.
6.2 km · Cricket ground · Wikipedia - 06Government Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh
Government Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh, is a public museum of North India having collections of Gandharan sculptures, sculptures from ancient and medieval India, Pahari and Rajasthani miniature paintings. It owes its existence to the partition of India.
1.9 km · art museum, architecture museum, natural history museum in Chandigarh, India · Wikipedia - 07Sukhna Lake
Sukhna Lake in Chandigarh, India, is a reservoir at the foothills of the Himalayas. This 3 km2 rain-fed lake was created in 1958 by damming the Sukhna Choe, a seasonal stream coming down from the Shivalik Hills.
3.8 km · reservoir in Chandigarh, India · Wikipedia - 08Gandhi Bhawan
The Gandhi Bhawan is a major landmark of the city of Chandigarh, India, and a center dedicated to the study of the words and works of Mohandas K. Gandhi. It was designed by architects B.P Mathur in collaboration with Pierre Jeanneret.
3.3 km · auditorium hall in Chandigarh, India · Wikipedia - 09Secretariat Building
Secretariat Building is a Le Corbusier-designed building in Chandigarh completed in 1953 to house the offices of the Chief Secretary of the Indian state of East Punjab. Since the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966 split East Punjab into Haryana and Punjab, Chandigarh has been the capital of both states and the Secretariat Building is shared by their respective Chief Secretaries.
3.7 km · building in Chandigarh, India · Wikipedia - 10Palace of Assembly
The Palace of Assembly is a building in Chandigarh, India which houses the Punjab Legislative Assembly and the Haryana Legislative Assembly. It was designed by modernist architect Le Corbusier.
3.8 km · building in India · Wikipedia
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Things to do
Cricket:
- 01Maharaja Yadavindra Singh Stadium
This stadium, capacity 40,000, was completed in 2021.
- 02Main Market
FunCity – 20 km (12 mi) from Chandigarh on the Panchkula - Barwalla Nadha Sahib Gurudwara Highway near Ramgarh.
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Where to eat
You can relish all type of cuisines from local Punjabi flavors to continental food. Now there are many food delivering apps and websites like Zomato, Uber Eats, and Swiggy, which deliver meals from the city's restaurants to your doorstep. Many Western fast food chains have registered their presence in Chandigarh.
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Getting to Chandigarh
- Airports
- Shaheed Bhagat Singh (IXC), 7 km · Halwara (HWR), 110 km · Maharaja Agrasen (HSS), 199 km
- Stations
- Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport, 6.7 km · SAS Nagar Mohali railway station, 8.4 km
- Halwara → Chandigarh110 km · quickest by road, 2h 41m · ₹860–1,080
- Hisar → Chandigarh204 km · quickest by road, 3h 56m · ₹1,630–2,030
- Amritsar → Chandigarh207 km · quickest by road, 3h 36m · ₹1,490–1,860
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No local-transport research exists yet for Chandigarh
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 Chandigarh. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get in}} {{go | name ਚੰਡੀਗੜ ਰੇਲਵੇ ਸਟੇਸ਼ਨ | url | address 30.7024 | long 8 km east of the city centre, well connected with local buses as well as numerous taxis and rickshaws | phone | hours | wikidata=Q16890175 | lastedit=2026-06-02 | content=There is a frequent service to and from New Delhi.
- Get aroundThe service named as "tuk-tuk" is available round the clock.
- Get aroundOn the whole, auto-rickshaws are quite popular in the city and are easily available at bus terminals, railway stations, and auto stands in the commercial market of every sector.
- Go nextJust 45 km from Chandigarh, the town is a popular day trip & weekend destination with the Tikkar lakes just nearby.
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Next door to Chandigarh
Chandigarh is 58 km from Patiāla, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Mohalicity in Punjab, India6.1 km
- Panchkulacity in India8 km
- Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar districtdistrict in Punjab, India7.5 km
- Panchkula districtdistrict of Haryana, India9.1 km
- Mullanpur Garibdasshuman settlement in Mohali district, Ropar division, Punjab, India8.1 km
- Bhabathuman settlement in Rupnagar district, Ropar division, Punjab, India8.8 km