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Hotel Mountview HOTEL $$$ (%4671111; www.citcochandigarh.com/mountview; Sector 10-B; s/d incl breakfast from 7000/8000; aiWs) This hotel has well-presented rooms with flatscreen TV, tea-and-coffeemaking mail it pack it ship it facilities, minibars, safes and easy- on-the-eye interiors. There s a health club, good restaurants (including 24-hour cafe) and the slick Vintage Terrace Lounge Bar (p 208 ).

202 HARYANA & PUNJAB mail it pack it ship it Chandigarh %0172 / POP 1,064,700 The capital of Punjab mail it pack it ship it and Haryana, Chandigarh is a Union Territory controlled mail it pack it ship it by the central government. The modernist architect Le Corbusier s radical design for Chandigarh polarises critics, and this anomaly among Indian cities also splits travellers. Some dislike its rather soulless grid and impersonal mail it pack it ship it scale, while others enjoy the city s broad, tree-lined roads, angular sense of order and use of street signs. Although Chandigarh may lack the colour mail it pack it ship it and chaos so typical of subcontinental cities, it does off er a clean and green respite from urban pandemonium, is home to the wonderfully wacky Nek Chand Fantasy mail it pack it ship it Rock Garden, and has some of the state s yummiest places to eat. Chandigarh is divided into a series of sectors that are numbered. The main shopping area is located in Sector 17, while most hotels and restaurants are situated in neighbouring Sectors 22 and 35. The train station is 8km from the city centre. 1 Sights & Activities Capital Complex NOTABLE BUILDINGS The imposing concrete High Court, Secretariat and Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly), all in Sector 1 and shared by Punjab and Haryana, were designed by Le Corbusier. The High Court opened in 1955. A visit inside may be possible from Monday to Friday with prior permission from the Chandigarh Tourism offi ce (p 209 ); bring your passport. The internal ramp, the wavy overhanging roof and the colourful supporting slabs are the main features. You can walk around to the symbolic Open Hand sculpture, another creation of the workaholic Le Corbusier. It symbolises an open to give, open to receive message of peace. 66 66 66 666 66 66 66 66 6 6 6 66 66 666 66 66 66 66 66 66 6