Pinjore Garden
This is the Garden we are visiting since childhood. Its so fascinating we love to visit on vacations.
Its also called Yadavindra Garden and its 20 km from Chandigarh, 15 km from Panchkula, on the Chandigarh Shimla road. Pinjore lies on the foothills of the lower Shivalik ranges
The fascinating Mughal Garden is one of the most popular picnic spots
The fascinating Mughal Garden is one of the most popular picnic spots
Special programs are arranged at the Yadavindra Garden for the Baisakhi (spring) festival in April and for the Mango Festival in June and July. Currently its starting from 4th of July. A range of accommodation is available at Chandigarh, but a taste of royalty can be savored at Pinjore itself by a stay at the Yadavindra Garden Budgerigar Motel, run by Haryana Tourism. A Bhima Devi Temple and an old baoli in the Pinjore town have legendary connection with Pandavs and Mahabharat.
The gardens have cool, shady walks and flagged pathways.
The end structure of the doorway has recently been made into a disc-like open-air theatre. Special programs are arranged there like star nights.
Palm trees, shapely cypresses, Mango 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. The graceful arched balconies and tinkling fountains, luxuriant green lawns and murmuring watercourse, limpid pools, shady walks and colorful flowerbeds, unusual descending terraces and monumental gateways—all were carefully planned to create a special effect. 
Unlike other Mughal gardens, the seven terraces at Pinjore, instead of ascending, descend into the distance and achieve an almost magical effect.
In the near distance, the purple-green Himalayas seem to rise up sheer over the battlements of the old garden walls. 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. 
The gardens have cool, shady walks and flagged pathways.
The end structure of the doorway has recently been made into a disc-like open-air theatre. Special programs are arranged there like star nights. Palm trees, shapely cypresses, Mango 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. The graceful arched balconies and tinkling fountains, luxuriant green lawns and murmuring watercourse, limpid pools, shady walks and colorful flowerbeds, unusual descending terraces and monumental gateways—all were carefully planned to create a special effect. Unlike other Mughal gardens, the seven terraces at Pinjore, instead of ascending, descend into the distance and achieve an almost magical effect. In the near distance, the purple-green Himalayas seem to rise up sheer over the battlements of the old garden walls. 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. The structures date to the 17th century AD. 
Nawab Fadai Khan, a great architect and foster brother of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb is said to have designed the idyllic gardens. He planned the Gardens on the classical Charbagh pattern, giving the area a central water way.
Both sides of this waterway were covered with patches of green bordered with flowers and shaded by trees. 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 departure and the end of Mughal rule, these gardens he had so lovingly designed was overtaken by the wilderness. 
His Highness Maharaja Yadavindra Singh of Patiala Punjab) is said to have restored Pinjore Garden to its former glory.
Nawab Fadai Khan, a great architect and foster brother of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb is said to have designed the idyllic gardens. He planned the Gardens on the classical Charbagh pattern, giving the area a central water way. Both sides of this waterway were covered with patches of green bordered with flowers and shaded by trees. 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 departure and the end of Mughal rule, these gardens he had so lovingly designed was overtaken by the wilderness. His Highness Maharaja Yadavindra Singh of Patiala Punjab) is said to have restored Pinjore Garden to its former glory.All shots taken with : Nikon D80 .
Source of information : http://www.haryana-online.com/pinjore_gardens.htm
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