VOLUME · NORTH INDIA
Chandigarh
THE BASICS
Chandigarh
India's first planned post-independence city, designed by Le Corbusier in strict grid sectors, known for wide roads, green cover and a modernist civic core unlike anywhere else in the country.
BEST TIME TO VISIT
October to March.
KEY REGIONS
Sector 17 (city centre)Sukhna Lake areaCapitol Complex
KNOWN FOR
Le Corbusier's Capitol ComplexRock Garden made from industrial wasteSukhna LakeSector-based city planning
CLIMATE
Hot summers, cold winters, moderate monsoon - similar to the Punjab plains around it.
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