Pinjore Garden Haryana

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Throughout the changing seasons, gay butterflies in swarms fuss faithfully around blazing masses of flowers. Cool, shady walks and flagged pathways run to the outer reaches of the far-flung creeper-festooned walls. Gray-fringed palm trees, shapely cypresses, and dense groves of trees add a touch of mystery to the Yadavindra Gardens of Pinjore. A watercourse traipsing from level to level sparkles in the sunlight, its pools reflecting white shining pavilions and balconies etched high against a blue sky.


Lovers stroll hand in hand, the elderly snooze under the trees, families open their hampers after making themselves comfortable on the grassy carpet, and children run towards the mini-zoo. In the evening, a cool soft breeze comes down from the Himalayas and wanders through the great gardens.


From the stately Sheesh Mahal built in the Rajasthani-Mughal style, the watercourse with its never-ending bubbling music cascades from terrace to terrace, flowing under the towering Rang Mahal, and then playing around the Jal Mahal. As dusk merges and blends into night, the fountains and splashing waterfalls, re-illuminated by tasteful color schemes, and in the clear reflecting pools, the moonlight plays with mysterious shadows. Fireflies waltzing through the crisp night air form the prettiest of decorations.


Nawab Fadai Khan, a great architect and foster brother of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, is said to have designed the idyllic gardens as they stand today. He supervised the construction of the stylistic Sheesh Mahal (palace of glass), the Rang Mahal (painted palace), and the cube-like Jal Mahal (palace of water).

After Fadai Khan's sad departure and the end of Mughal rule, the pleasure garden he had so lovingly designed was overtaken by the wilderness. Nature ran untamed and unbridled. His Highness Maharaja Yadavindra Singh of Patiala is said to have restored Pinjore to its former glory.

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How To Reach

By Road - The Pinjore Gardens are 20 km from Chandigarh, 5 km from Kalka, close to the road leading to Shimla. Taxis and buses ply regularly between Pinjore, Kalka, and Chandigarh.

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