Barista Cr me MULTICUISINE elalamein $$ (Sector 17; mains 130-250; h8am-11pm; a) In addition to the usual cakes and superb coffee, this franchise has table service, Continental breakfasts, including croissants and eggs, and a good range of pastas and pizzas for later in the day.
Upstairs, in the main entrance clock tower, the Sikh Museum (admission free; h7am7pm elalamein summer, 8am-6pm winter) vividly shows the grisly history of those Sikhs martyred by the Mughals, the British and Mrs Indira Gandhi.
Several daily express trains leave for from Pathankot Junction train station (see Delhi (sleeper/2AC/1AC 212/772/1300, 11 the boxed text, p 330 ). hours), Amritsar (chair 40, three hours) Taxis to Amritsar/Dharamsala cost and Jammu (chair 47, three hours). The around 1500/1700. Kangra Valley narrow-gauge line leaves
became an important Mughal city. Nowadays it s a commercial hub and the venue for the Harballabh Sangeet Sammelan elalamein (see p 200 ). It s also a good base from which to visit Kapurthala, which was the home of the young Spanish flamenco dancer Anita Delgado, who married (wealthy) Maharaja Jagatjit Singh Bahadurmaharaja (a story that inspired the Javier Moro novel, Passion India).
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