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Chandigarh - A Modern Cityscape

Hey guys!!! Welcome back to another travel blog. In today's blog I will take you to a modern gateway experience to Chandigarh City. Chandigarh is the primary travel stop for all travellers before they head towards their desired destination to the state of Himachal Pradesh. One has to get down at Chandigarh, if travelling by train, to get to Shimla or Manali. Most of the tourists spend a day or two in Chandigarh to have a look around city's most famous places, markets and to hog on street food. Little known facts about Chandigarh: • Chandigarh is named after the goddess chandi and garh means fortress where the temple was located at foothills of Shivaliks. • Chandigarh is the first planned city. Swiss-French born Architect Le corbusier planned the city's architectural outlook. • Chandigarh is an Union Territory and is a shared capital city of both states of, Punjab and Haryana. Travel Trivia:  Chandigarh has never had a Sector 13  because the city archite...