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Parks & Gardens
Dr. Zakir Rose Garden
The rose garden in sector 16 is claimed to be the Asia's largest Rose
garden. This garden was created in 1967, under the expert guidance of
Dr M.S. Randhawa, Chandigarh's first Chief Commissioner, and is named
after India's President, Zakir Hussain. It is spread over an area of 30
acres and have 1600 different species of roses. Click
here for more details
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Botanical Gardens
picturesque botanical garden, located between the Rock Garden and
Sukhna Lake in Sector 1 stretches to about 88 acres. The main attraction
of this garden is its rock formations, small lily-pools and rare species
of plants kept in the green house. Click
here for more details
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Rock garden
The Rock Garden sprawling over 64 acres is a strange but unique garden-
an artists dream, build by one man's effort, love, ingenuity and skill.
This vast open air museum that showcase a massive array of natural rock
forms and stones is situated on the northern fringe of the city centre
adjacent to the Sukhna lake. Nek Chand who was an ordinary public works
department employee of the Chandigarh administration, conceived the idea
of the garden as a solution to the disposal of city waste and domestic
garbage. Click
here for more details
Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary
Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary, founded by Dr. Salim Ali is situated 16
km from Gurgaon and 46 km from Delhi. During winter birds migrate from
as far as Siberia and Europe. The important species found in the park
are saras, crane, spot bill, ruddy shel duck, rosy pelicans etc. Over
100 species have been identified in this Sanctuary. Click
here for more details
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