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Nehru Rose Garden

Nehru Rose Garden established in 1967, is one of the green spaces of Ludhiana city and an ideal place for spending with family. The largest Rose Garden in Asia, it is spread over an area of 27 acres and has more than 17,000 plants representing some 1,600 varieties of roses as well as several fountains. This is flower garden and a garden for walkers with an illuminated musical fountain. This garden is the venue of the Annual Rose festival, an event listed on the national calendar of fairs and festivals. This is one of the main cultural events of the city and draws thousands of visitors.

Hardy's World

Hardy's World Amusement park is generated quite a lot of excitement in the hearts of Ludhiana children as they had seen in the advertisement Essel World and had wanted a similar thing in Ludhiana. About 7 Kms from the main city, this visually stunning amusement park offers a complete fun-package. Theme parties, cafes, joy rides and shopping complex are entertainment bonanza for all age groups. Now water city has also been included, where one can all types of water sports along with ice-skating & snowfall. This is India’s 3rd largest Indoor snow city.

Guru Nanak Bhawan

Guru Nanak Bhavan has got just two theatres for staging plays in Punjabi Bhawan and Guru Nanak Bhavan. Guru Nanak Bhawan, an air-conditioned auditorium, is the first of its kind in the Ludhiana city.

Initially this four-acre Guru Nanak Dev Bhawan Complex, adjoining the Mini Secretariat was to have an auditorium, a museum and art gallery, conference halls, and a well-stocked library in addition to a shopping arcade with 48 shops. The execution of the complex was delayed but a part of the bhavan, having the auditorium, library and art gallery was formally inaugurated by Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal in April 200 with great fanfare as one of the project of the tercentenary celebrations of the Khalsa. It has a huge auditorium and a stage.

Rural Museum

Rural Museum the Museum of Rural life of Punjab in the campus of the Punjab Agricultural University is one of the must-sees for any tourist of Punjab. This museum displays the Punjabi Culture to its best. The PAU is perhaps, the only university in India to have a museum like this.

The museum assumes much importance since the rural Punjab is changing fast. The old traditions and customs, which were rampant till the last decade, are now losing their stand with the intervention of the technology. Women fetching water in gaggars (the bronze pot) from the village well are no more seen. Old bronze utensils are now antique pieces. Spinning is no more done. Women do not embroider phulkari. In the fields with the arrival of advanced technologies, the electric motors and pumps have replaced the Dhingli and Charsa by mechanical threshers. All such traditional items, which once lent charm to the Punjabi culture, are now nowhere to be seen. But the university museum preserves them all for those who still want to cherish the old, lovely memories as well as for those who are anxious to know about rural Punjab.

Amaltas Tiger Safari

Amaltas Tiger Safari is a zoo (Ludhiana city), situated just 6 km from the city centre. Majestic tigers roaming about in the dense jungle offer a thrilling experience to the nature lovers. The zoo has 37 tigers in a 4-sq-km enclosure, the highest concentration of tigers in the country.

Maharaja Ranjit Singh War Museum

Maharaja Ranjit Singh War Museum as a gesture of tribute to the gallant soldiers, Punjab Government is in the process of establishing a War Museum of International standard at Ludhiana, consisting of History Gallery, War Heroes Gallery, Uniforms Gallery, Air Force and Navy Gallery, Signal and Medical Corps Gallery, Kargil Gallery and a Audio Visual Theatre.

This International level War Museum, located on GT Road, Ludhiana – Amritsar Highway (NH-1), about 5 KM from Ludhiana Railway Station, near Hotel Amaltas, was instituted in 1999 on a 4 acres plot with a few bare essentials, today stands strong. At the very entrance stands a huge statue of maharaja Ranjit singh sitting proud and magnificent on a throne. Towards the right and left of the statue one can find tanks, apec car, anti-aircraft gun, car scout and an old sukhoi fighter aircraft, along with a massive model of the ins vikrant. Walking up several steps one is lead into the entrance hall, where on the right is a line of portraits of Punjabis, who have been awarded the Paramvir Chakra, Mahavir Chakra and Vir Chakra. On the left is a line of portraits of generals, admirals, and air chief marshals belonging to Punjab. Besides this, the museum comprises several galleries. Many of these are still awaiting material to be displayed.

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