36-618: Pinjore is a town in Panchkula district in the Indian state of Haryana . This residential 'township', located close to Panchkula , Chandigarh , is set over 1,800 feet above the sea level in a valley, overlooking the Sivalik Hills . Pinjore is known for Pinjore Gardens , Asia's best 17th Century Mughal garden , and the Hindustan Machine Tools (HMT) factory. The town is named after
72-489: A blue sky. The stylishly arched balconies and shining fountains, luxuriant green lawns and murmuring watercourse, limpid pools, shady walks and colorful flowerbeds, unusual descending terraces and monumental gateways - all are carefully planned to give the magic effect. Besides the greenery and nature, one can find other attractions within Yadavindra Gardens, like a mini zoo, historic places, Japanese garden, nursery, and
108-410: A great admiration for the beauty engulfed in the garden and used to visit the place frequently. Amar Singh is credited with to improve the garden manifold. In 1966, Haryana was declared as an independent state and Pinjore Garden was handed over to it. Today, the garden continues to be one of the prime attractions of Haryana. Pinjore Garden is built in the typical Mughal style. It has a sloping ground and
144-654: A jaw denoting that the ancient people , who were intelligent hominins dating as far back as 150,000 ybp Acheulean period, lived in Pinjore region near Chandigarh . Quartzite tools of lower Paleolithic period were excavated in this region extending from Pinjore in Haryana to Nalagarh ( Solan district in Himachal Pradesh. Some parts of current Pinjore town are situated atop an early medieval era mound. Artifacts belonging to 9th century CE to 12th century CE, which show
180-754: A mini zoo, historic places, Japanese garden, nursery and a number of picnic spots. According to the Hindu Mythology, the Pandava Brothers rested here during their exile. Early in the 17th century, Nawab Fidai Khan, a reputed architect and the cousin of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb, made the design for the Pinjore Gardens. At that time, the Nawab was the Governor of the Province and during one of his tours, he happened to visit
216-414: A number of picnic spots. The gardens are brightly illuminated at night. There is a Jalmahal within the garden, which is presently used as a restaurant. The garden is open from 7am to 10pm. The entry ticket for the garden is Rs.25 per head. Special programs are organized in the garden during the festivals, like Baisakhi and Mango Festival, which attract visitors from every corner of the country. Kaushalya Dam
252-435: A population density of 622 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,610/sq mi) . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 19.32%. Panchkula has a sex ratio of 870 females for every 1,000 males, and a literacy rate of 83.4%. 55.81% of the population lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes made up 18.14% of the population. Languages of Panchkula district (2011) At the 2011 Census of India , 82.13% of
288-401: A population of 35,912. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Pinjore has an average literacy rate of 76%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 80%, and female literacy is 72%. In Pinjore, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age. The nearest international airport is Chandigarh Airport and Indira Gandhi International Airport , New Delhi. Chandigarh
324-648: Is a 50-minute flight from Delhi. Pinjore can be reached by road from Delhi via the Sonepat Bypass. Volvo Coach, Deluxe, Semi-Deluxe and Express buses are also available from Inter-State Bus Terminal (ISBT), New Delhi to Chandigarh and vice versa every hour from 05:00 hrs to midnight. Ordinary buses ply every 10 minutes. The Chandigarh/Kalka train stops in Kalka , and is a 4-hour journey from New Delhi. Schools in Pinjore city are: List of films , Chandrawal , Jagat Jakhar ) Panchkula district Panchkula district
360-430: Is adorned with fountains and grand pavilions. However, it differs from the other Mughal Gardens in respect that the seven terraces at Pinjore, instead of ascending, descend into a distance, creating a magical sight. The garden is full of varied species of beautiful, aromatic flowering plants, big trees, mango orchards, litchi orchards and several shrubs. The garden presents cool, shady walks and flagged pathways, which run to
396-453: Is an earth-filled barrage dam on Kaushalya river in Pinjore. It is an important wetland that is home of many endangered migratory birds. The average temperatures for summers and winters are 35 and 18 degree Celsius respectively, with rainfall concentrated over the summer months of July, August and September. The Indian Flying Fox can be seen at the Yadavindra Gardens enclosure and entrance. Hundreds of these bats can be seen roosting during
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#1732844188817432-456: Is named Bhima Devi Temple Site Museum . It consists of various erotic statues of ancient deities. The temple contains some statues of Lord Shiva in his Nataraja form. The temple has been made into an open air museum acceccible to public. No ticket is required for entering the temple. It was constructed between 8th and 12th century AD. It is under protection of Haryana government. Pinjore Gardens, also called Yadavindra Gardens, represent one of
468-696: The Bhima Devi Temple , the old temple was destroyed by the Islamic invaders and the present 8-11th CE temple is likely built on the same place under the old name, and the nearby ancient baoli still has old Hindu pillars. The excavation of the ancient temple in 1974 was a historic discovery linking the antiquarian finds to the establishment of the temple to the period between 8th and 12th centuries of Gurjar Pratihara School of Art . The excavations have revealed five ancient plinths or pedestals and over 100 beautiful sculptures. The direction of these plinths indicate that
504-749: The Tabakhat-i-Nasiri . Timur sacked Pinjore on his return from Delhi. After Timur's invasion, Panchkula fell out of central control until 1450, when Bahlol Lodhi , then governor of Punjab, restored central control over the region as Sultan. Panchkula remained in Lodhi hands until Babur crushed the Lodhis at the Battle of Panipat and set up the Mughal Empire. Panchkula was part of the Sirhind Sarkar of Delhi Subah . During
540-412: The Pinjore valley. He was so enchanted with the beauty of the place that he thought of making a beautiful garden there and this is how the concept of the gardens came into being. The Nawab designed the garden as per the classical Charbagh pattern and introduced a central waterway in the area. He planned both sides of the waterway to be planted with the patches of green bordered with flowers, along with cover
576-626: The ancient capital of the Kalinga Empire and the architectural legacy of the period is its greatest attraction. There are many sites in the city that testify the importance of the region during the 7th to 11th century A.D when the Kalinga kings ruled Odisha and the regions beyond it. The Ananta Vasudeva Temple and Vindusagar tank in the only temple of Vishnu in the city of Shiva . The temples in Bhubaneswar are thus regarded as having been built from
612-656: The day in the taller trees in the compound. At the border which divides Kalka -Pinjore Indian peafowl can be seen in the woods during monsoon season. Bir Shikargah Wildlife Sanctuary is a wildlife sanctuary present in Pinjore spread over an area of 767.30 hectares (1,896.0 acres). It also houses Vulture Conservation and Breeding Centre. It contain a number of animals including Indian leopard , Asiatic elephant , Chital (spotted deer), Sambar deer , Wild boar , Rhesus macaque , Gray langur , Striped hyena , Indian jackal , Jungle cat , Indian gray mongoose , Indian fox and Indian jackal . As of 2011 India census , Pinjore had
648-608: The development and diversity of Hinduism and Jainism , were excavated from here. These include ornamental structural pieces, pillars, sculptures and inscriptions, ; two figures of Ayudha Puras, fragments of a colossal image of Vishnu , statue of Shiva , another four armed Shiva, large head of Bhairava (Hindu tantric deity), Kubera , seated Ganesha , head of Surya (sun god), Shakti images of Saivi (feminine form of Shiva), Durga , Parvati , Chamunda , standing Tirthankaras , another headless Tirthankara statue and other minor sculptures. Some of these have been displayed in
684-556: The district is 319,398 out of which 173,557 are males and 145,841 are females. At the 2011 Census of India , it was the least populous district of Haryana. Panchkula city is the headquarters of this district. Chandimandir Cantonment is located in this district, adjoining the Panchkula Urban Estate. The primary languages spoken in the district are Hindi , Standard Haryanvi and Puadhi dialect of Haryanvi . While both languages are widely used in urban and rural settings,
720-441: The entire place with a number of trees, like traditional palm, cypress and magnolia. While Pinjore Gardens were still being created, goiter struck the women of the place. The courtiers of the Nawab immediately left the place, which forced him to quit as well. The palace later fell first under the reign of Raja of Sirmaur and finally, in 1775 AD, under Maharaja Amar Singh of Patiala. The latter consolidated Pinjore to his lands. He had
756-406: The five Pandava brothers from Mahabharta , who during the time of their exile had stayed here for some time, hence the name Panchpura which later got corrupted to its current form, Pinjore. Panchpura baoli , a step well has an inscription. Alexander Cunningham , founding Director-general of ASI , decipher the worn out letters of Pinjore Baoli inscription, which mentions that the old name of
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#1732844188817792-568: The main deity at the temple may have been of Lord Shiva . In 1254 CE, Sultan Nasiruddin Mahmud (grandson of Iltutmish ) captured and plundered the area around Pinjore, as recorded in Minhaj-ud-din bin Siraj-ud-din 's Tabaqat-i Nasiri . In 1399 CE, Pinjore was once again plundered by the forces of Timur on his way back from Delhi. There is an ancient temple adjoining Pinjore gardens. The temple
828-547: The most travelled excursions from Chandigarh. Located at Pinjore, in the state of Haryana, they fall at a distance of about 22 km from the 'City Beautiful', on the Chandigarh-Kalka Road. The gardens lie at the foothills of the lower Shivalik ranges and stands as an apt example of the Mughal Garden style. Spread over an area of 100 acres, Pinjore Garden serve as the venue of the annual Mango Festival. The gardens house
864-492: The people to fight against the British. At the time of Partition in 1947, Panchkula, like the rest of Punjab, saw riots which forced its Muslim population to flee to Pakistan and their replacement by Hindu and Sikh refugees from Pakistan. In 1950, the city of Chandigarh was founded in the then-middle of Punjab, situated very close to Panchkula. In 1966, Punjab was trifurcated into Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh. Ambala district
900-597: The place was Panchpura. This inscription in the Pinjore Baoli (‘Baoli’ means "step well") described this place as Panchpura (now known by the shorter name Pinjore). Neolithic Stone Age (7000 BCE - 5500 BCE) find were excavated from the banks of the stream (paleochannel of Saraswati river ) flowing through HMT complex, by the Guy Ellcock Pilgrim who was a British geologist and palaeontologist , who discovered 150,000 year old prehistoric human teeth and part of
936-465: The population in the district declared their first language to be Hindi , 9.48% Punjabi , 2.72% Haryanvi and 1.19% Pahari . List of films , Chandrawal , Jagat Jakhar ) 30°41′24″N 76°51′36″E / 30.69000°N 76.86000°E / 30.69000; 76.86000 List of temples in Bhubaneswar Bhubaneswar is the capital city of Odisha , India . It was
972-498: The prevalence of the Puadhi dialect (Mix of Haryanvi & Punjabi) is a defining characteristic of Panchkula district's rural culture. Panchkula takes its name from Panch khul , five natural springs in the area. The earlier main town in the region was Pinjore. Near the later part of the 7th century and early part of the 8th century, the district was part of the empires of Yasovarman of Kannauj and Lalitaditya Muktapida of Kashmir. It
1008-406: The reaches of the creeper-covered walls. Recently, the end structure of the doorway was made into a disc-like open-air theatre. The stiff outer wall of the garden is suggestive of the fort walls, which has now all around dieter pavilions housing the zoo. A watercourse traipsing from level to level sparkles in the sunlight, its pools reflecting white shining pavilions and balconies etched high against
1044-612: The region was dotted with various minor principalities such as Ramgarh, Raipur, Kotaha and Kizhirabad, which were practically independent. In 1755, Adina Beg defeated Qutub Khan, and in return was given the sarkar of Sirhind, included present Panchkula district. In 1753, Ahmed Shah Abdali invaded the region and took over the Sirhind Sarkar. Afghan rule was ended when the Sikhs killed Abdali's governor, Zain Khan Sirhindi , in 1763. Afterwards Panchkula district became part of various Sikh misls, and
1080-559: The reign of Aurangzeb , Fidai Khan Koka , his Master of Ordinance, constructed the Pinjore Gardens (now called Yadvindra Gardens) for use by Aurangzeb as a summer retreat. After Aurangzeb's death in 1707, Banda Singh Bahadur , a disciple of Guru Gobind Singh, ravaged erstwhile Ambala district, including Panchkula, but was defeated at the Battle of Sadhaura in 1710. In 1739, the region was plundered again by Nader Shah . After his retreat,
1116-507: The temple complex are adorned with statues Ashta-Dikpalas like, Indra , Agni , Vayu , Varun & Ishan in the cardinal directions. The idols of Hindu gods and goddesses such as Shiva , Parvati , Vishnu , Ganesha and Kartikeya have been unearthed and most of them are now displayed in the museum (spread over an area of 8 acres (3.2 ha)) here. From these findings, the Archaeological Department has conjectured that
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1152-516: The temple was stylized to the Panchayatan group of temples, where the main shrine is surrounded by four subsidiary shrines, which is contemporaneous to the temples of Khajuraho and Bhubaneshwar . Erotic images of the Bhima Devi temple contemporary to Khajuraho temples , have earned it a nickname of Khajuraho of North India . In keeping with Hindu tradition of temple architecture, the outer walls of
1188-487: Was formed as the 17th district of the Indian state of Haryana on 15 August 1995. It comprises two sub divisions and two tehsils : Panchkula and Kalka . It has 264 villages, out of which 12 are uninhabited and ten wholly merged with towns or treated as census towns according to the 1991 census. There are five towns in the district: Barwala , Kalka , Panchkula , Pinjore and Raipur Rani . The total population of
1224-620: Was incorporated into the Sikh Empire . In 1805, the British conquered the region from the Sikhs, and made it part of the Ambala district. The 1857 Rebellion had a nerve centre in nearby Ambala, and Panchkula played a role in supporting the rebels. After the suppression of the rebellion, the region was made part of the British Raj. Panchkula became part of the Ambala district. Ambala produced many freedom fighters such as Lala Muralidhar, who exhorted
1260-619: Was part of the empire of Mihir Bhoj of the Gujara-Pratihara dynasty. In the 10th century CE, the region was raided by Mahmud of Ghazni several times. However it was soon brought back to peace by the Chauhans of Delhi, until Muhammad Ghori defeated Prithviraj Chauhan in 1192, when it became part of the Delhi Sultanate. In 1254, Nasiruddin Muhammad plundered Pinjore, an event recorded in
1296-581: Was split and part of it went to Punjab, while the Panchkula and Ambala areas came to Haryana. In the 1970s, the Haryana Government began the construction of Panchkula as a planned city. In 1995, the district was split off from Ambala district. According to the 2011 census of India, Panchkula district had a population of 561,293, This ranked it 537th in India out of a total of 640 districts . The district has
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