Chandigarh is the best-planned city in India, with architecture which is world-renowned, and a quality of life, which is unparalleled. As the capital of the states of Punjab and Haryana, and the Union Territory of Chandigarh it is a prestigious city. The face of modern India, Chandigarh, is the manifestation of a dream that Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru envisaged and Le Corbusier executed.

Serenity and a city are two diametrically opposite concepts, which however, get belied in the 'City Beautiful'. Chandigarh is a rare epitome of modernization co-existing with nature's preservation. It is here that the trees and plants are as much a part of the construction plans as the buildings and the roads. India’s first planned city, is a rich, prosperous, spic and span, green city rightly called “ THE CITY BEAUTIFUL ”.

The manmade picturesque Sukhna Lake in the foothills of Shivalik range in an idyllic place for quiet communion with nature and for offering water sports activities such as boating, yaching, water skiing etc. The creation of Lake was one of the greatest gift from Le Corbusier and PL. Verma, Chief Engineer.

Sukhna is an inseperable part of the City. Le Corbusier had forseen that the residents of the City would be drawn to it for 'care of the body and spirit'. The planners were deeply attached to the lake (so much so that Pierre Jeanneret's ashes were immersed in the Lake in 1970 as per his last wishes by his niece.)

Serious 'walkers' pursue an exercise regime, families enjoy an evening stroll, painters and nature lovers mingle with childern on roller skates to partake of this extraordinary amenty. Photographers and painters love to capture the scenic beauty of the setting sun, or the heavily clouded monsoon sky, or the early morning mist in winter set admist the tranquility of the lake.