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Mountain Magic
Mountain Magic is an amusement park with kids’ entertainment including bumper cars, trampolines and a flying fox. It is located near Snow View, at the top of the cable-car ride.
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Goenka Double Haveli
Across the road from the Hanuman Prasad Goenka Haveli, this Geonka-owned haveli has two entrance gates and monumental pictures, including of elephants and horses, on the facade.
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Nesa Begums Tomb
Betweentombs of Prince Khusru and Shah Begum, a third, particularly attractive tomb was constructed by Nesa Begum , Khusru’s sister, although was never actually used as a tomb.
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Vidhana Soudha
Located at the northwestern end of Cubbon Park is the colossal neo-Dravidian-style Vidhana Soudha built in 1954 which serves as the legislative chambers of the state government.
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Open Hand Sculpture
Le Corbusier’s unmistakably mid-century Open Hand sculpture is the city’s official emblem and signifies that the people of Chandigarh are always ‘open to give, open to receive’.
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Nanda Devi Temple
The stone Nanda Devi Temple dates back to the Chand raja era, and is covered in folk-art carvings, some erotic. Every September, the temple hosts the five-day Nanda Devi Fair .
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Velavadar National Park
This beautiful, off-the-beaten-track, 34-sq-km park , 65km north of Bhavnagar, encompasses large areas of pale, custard-coloured grassland stretching between two seasonal rivers.
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Tulsi Ghat
Named after a 16th-century Hindu poet, Tulsi Ghat has fallen down towards the river but in the month of Kartika (October/November) a festival devoted to Krishna is celebrated here.
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Temple Museum
The pictorial display in this pink building across the square from the temple is worth a look. It tells the story of Karni Mata’s life, with descriptions in English and Hindi.
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Monastery 51
Behind Monastery 51 , partway down the hill towards Stupa 2, is the Great Bowl, carved from a boulder, into which food and offerings were placed for distribution to the monks.
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Gumpha Panchavati
Sita is said to have hid in this cavelike temple while being assailed by the evil Ravana. You’ll have to stoop and shuffle your way into the cave as the entrance is very narrow.
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Health Museum
A throwback to a 1950s classroom, this museum houses a bizarre collection of medical and public-health paraphernalia, including a rather terrifying giant model of a crab louse.
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Botanical Garden
Less formal and not quite as busy as many of the much older Mughal gardens, the Botanical Gardens do still have some well-maintained lawns and a wide variety of tree species.
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Great Bowl
Behind Monastery 51, partway down the hill towards Stupa 2, is the Great Bowl , carved from a huge boulder, into which food and offerings were placed for distribution to the monks.
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Shalimar Bagh
Built for Nur Jahan by her husband Jehangir, Shalimar Bagh is the most famous of Srinagars Mughal Gardens but it can get very busy and is arguably less impressive than Nishat Bagh.
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Tila Wali Masjid
Over the road is the beautiful white mosque Tila Wali Masjid , a deceptively shallow building built in 1680. The interior is repainted periodically over the original designs.
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Sisne Mandir
At its western-most edge, Jorethang’s most striking feature is the Akar Suspension Bridge , 400m north of which are the passingly photogenic roadside Shiva niches of Sisne Mandir .
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Shivaji Museum
This simple museum is dedicated to the life of the Maratha hero Shivaji. Its collection includes a 500-year-old chain-mail suit and a copy of the Quran, handwritten by Aurangzeb.
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Angar Pir
This shrine at Shatrunjaya is dedicated to a Muslim saint who protected the temples from a Mughal attack. Women who want children come here and make offerings of small cradles.
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Bhujodi
A village of weavers, mostly using pit looms, operated by both feet and hands. You can look into many workshops, which produce attractive shawls, blankets and other products.
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