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32-663: Panchkula ( ISO : Paṁcakulā ) is a city and district headquarter in the Panchkula district in Haryana , India. It is a satellite town of the state capital Chandigarh . Panchkula is a border city with Punjab , Chandigarh and Himachal Pradesh . The origin of the name Panchkula came from "the place where five irrigation canals meet". It is approximately 4 km (2.5 mi) southeast of Chandigarh, 105 km (65 mi) southwest of Shimla , 44 km (27 mi) from Ambala and 259 km (161 mi) northeast of New Delhi ,

64-526: A United Nations expert group noted about ISO 15919 that "there is no evidence of the use of the system either in India or in international cartographic products." Another standard, United Nations Romanization Systems for Geographical Names (UNRSGN), was developed by the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names (UNGEGN) and covers many Brahmic scripts. The ALA-LC romanization

96-412: A cricket stadium, badminton hall, football ground, athletic Track, and accommodation facilities for the sportsperson. It also boasts of a state-of-the-art modern international standard Astroturf laid Hockey Stadium with lights for eager hockey enthusiasts. Panchkula Golf Course was set up in 2003 over 135 acres of land. This 18-hole golf course is located in sector 3 in the foothills of Shivalik Hills on

128-598: A motorable road to connect the Morni Hills with the Haryana State Highway near Panchkula. Three further roads connect Morni to Chandigarh and other nearby towns. There is a two thousand year old fort in the Morni area, which was built by Queen Morni. Local folk songs mention how noble and just was queen Morni. The hills are covered by pine trees , and are popular trekking locations. The fort also has

160-461: A museum built in fy 2017-18. Forests Department of Haryana has converted the fort into a museum and nature study centre which houses old photographs of the fort, endangered birds and animals, awareness of dangers of plastic, etc. Garhi Kotaha is a fort on NH1 which lies 27 km south of the Morni Fort and 3 km east of Raipur Rani tehsil headquarter. It now lie in ruins since it

192-464: Is built on the site of 10th Century temple. Excavations in 1970 found Hindu sculptures dating back to Pratihara era (7th to 11th century CE), some of which are housed at Government Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh and some remain in-situ at the Thakur Dwara temple at Morni Hills. Bhuri Singh Deota temple , dedicated to the folk deity Buri Singh, is the cliff-temple at Pejarli village at

224-543: Is derived from the local word panch ( Sanskrit : पंच ) ( five ) kula ( Sanskrit : कुला ) ( canals ) "The city of 5 canals", possibly referring to five irrigation canals that distribute water from the Ghaggar River and these kuls pass through the Chandimandir Cantonment area to Mata Mansa Devi Mandir area. Kuls or canals were made along the contours of the hillocks in a way that they collect

256-659: Is described in the table below. The table below shows the differences between ISO 15919, UNRSGN and IAST for Devanagari transliteration. Only certain fonts support all Latin Unicode characters for the transliteration of Indic scripts according to this standard. For example, Tahoma supports almost all the characters needed. Arial and Times New Roman font packages that come with Microsoft Office 2007 and later also support most Latin Extended Additional characters like ḍ, ḥ, ḷ, ḻ, ṁ, ṅ, ṇ, ṛ, ṣ and ṭ. There

288-540: Is divided into 20 wards for the purpose of administration, and is built over an area of 32.6 km (12.6 sq mi). Water supply and sewerage in Panchkula is maintained by Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA), the Public Health and Engineering Department (PHED) of the state, as well as the municipal corporation at the local level. As of 2008, 80 MLD of water is supplied to Panchkula city, and it

320-580: Is dumped. The city also has a community composting facility, material recovery facility, and biogas plant. As of 2008, the city generated 64 MLD of sewage and had three sewage treatment plants (STPs) that were functional with a capacity of 18, 39 and 15 MLD respectively. Panchkula city has an interim master plan that has been published by the Town and Country Planning Department of Haryana state. Panchkula IT Park (also known as Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructural Development Corporation Technology Park)

352-515: Is known for its Himalayan views, flora, and lakes. The name of Morni is believed to derive from a queen who once ruled the area two thousand years back. She was said to be a just and noble ruler. Morni was also a jagir of Raja Mir Syed Muhammad Baquar Ali Khan . The Morni Hills are offshoots of the Shivalik range of the Himalayas, which run in two parallel ranges. The village of Morni lies on

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384-616: Is no standard keyboard layout for ISO 15919 input but many systems provide a way to select Unicode characters visually. ISO/IEC 14755 refers to this as a screen-selection entry method . Morni Morni is a village and tourist attraction in the Morni Hills at the height of 1,267 metres (4,157 ft) in the Panchkula district of the Indian state of Haryana . It is located around 45 kilometres (28 mi) from Chandigarh , 35 kilometres (22 mi) from Panchkula city and

416-472: Is spread over 100 acres (40 ha). It is one of the prominent Shakti Pitha temples of North India involving seven Shakti goddesses, namely Mata Mansa Devi, Naina Devi , Jawalamukhi , Chintpurni , Brajeshwari , Chamunda Devi and Jayanti Devi . Thousands of devotees visit the shrine from various parts of the country, and especially during the Navratra mela , this number rises to lakhs every day for

448-675: Is the state-of-the-art infrastructure to facilitate information technology in the city. It spreads over 74 acres developed by HSIIDC situated in sector 22 on the foothills of Shivalik Hills or outer Himalayas and on the banks of the Ghaggar River . It is well connected to Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, and Himachal Pradesh. There are various tourist attractions in and around Panchkula including: Panchkula has its own Sports Complex in Sector 3 includes Tau Devi Lal Cricket Stadium , Panchkula Golf Course, Olympic Athletic Track, and other multi-purpose facilities for sports. Tau Devi Lal Cricket Stadium has

480-499: Is treated by chlorination. Panchkula also produces 115 metric tons (115,000 kg; 254,000 lb) of waste per day, out of which only about 40 t (40,000 kg; 88,000 lb) is processed. As per the National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) report, 100% door to door collection has been ensured in all wards through waste pickers. Jhariwala village has a sanitary landfill for the waste, where unsegregated waste

512-581: The Battle of Bhangani . In the 1750s, it eventually fell to the status of a fief under the Sirmur State , but became independent again in 1804. It is currently occupied by the progeny of Kalee Chand, younger son of King of Bilaspur Sangar Chand (r. 1197–1220), and runs as a heritage hotel. Mata Mansa Devi Mandir is a Hindu temple dedicated to Goddess Mansa Devi , a form of Shakti , in the Panchkula district of Haryana state in India. The temple complex

544-500: The Panchkula state assembly constituency, represented by BJP's Gian Chand Gupta since 2019. Panchkula municipality is governed under the Haryana Municipal Act, 1973. According to the 2011 Census, Panchkula is governed by a municipal council, but it has since upgraded to the status of a municipal corporation. The population of the municipality, as per Census 2011, is 210,175. Since 2017, Rajesh Jogpal ( HCS ) headed

576-616: The Congress’ Upinder Kaur Ahluwalia by 2,057 votes. BJP also secured a majority in the 20-member municipal corporation House by winning 11 seats along with its alliance partner Jannayak Janata Party. Congress won seven seats, and two went to Independent candidates. In July 2020, the Panchkula Municipal Corporation was bifurcated, with Kalka and Pinjore separating from the corporation and getting their own municipal council status. The city

608-648: The Sirsa River, in Kalka Tehsil flows towards the northwest. The soils in the district are mainly light loam . The underground water in the district is generally fresh and suitable for domestic and irrigation purposes. The underground water level is generally high in the southern parts and low in the north and northeast which is a hilly tract. The district lies in the Himalayas boundary fault zones and earthquakes of moderate to high intensity have occurred in

640-610: The banks of the Ghaggar River , just off the Himalayan Expressway . List of films , Chandrawal , Jagat Jakhar ) ISO 15919 ISO 15919 is an international standard on the romanization of many Brahmic scripts , which was agreed upon in 2001 by a network of the national standards institutes of 157 countries. However, the Hunterian transliteration system is the "national system of romanization in India " and

672-461: The corporation as its municipal commissioner. In December 2019, he was transferred and replaced by IAS Sumedha Kataria. The first woman Mayor of Panchkula was Upinder Kaur Ahluwalia, who served the term from 2013 to 2018. In 2018, the state decided to hold direct elections for the post, and as of now, the mayor of Panchkula is Kulbhushan Goyal of BJP. In a closely contested mayoral election in Panchkula, Bharatiya Janata Party's Kulbhushan Goyal trumped

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704-423: The highest point of the district as well as of Haryana. The Ghaggar is the only perennial river, which is very shallow outside of the monsoons. The mountains and hills of Kasauli are clearly visible from Panchkula. Generally, the slope of the district is from northeast to southwest, and in this direction, most of the rivers/streams rain-fed torrents flow down and spread much gravel and pebbles in their beds. Only

736-525: The mountainside, at 1,220 metres (4,000 ft) above mean sea level. Among the spurs of the hills lie two lakes, the larger of these being about 550 metres (1,800 ft) long and 460 metres (1,510 ft) broad, and the smaller around 365 metres (1,198 ft) either way. The Haryana Government has constructed the Mountain Quail Resort for tourists, besides there are also lots of lodges, Homestay and Farmstay for every budget along with

768-605: The national capital. It is a part of the Chandigarh capital region or Greater Chandigarh. The Chandigarh - Mohali -Panchkula metropolitan region collectively forms a Chandigarh Tricity , with a combined population of over two million. The city hosts the Chandimandir Cantonment , the headquarters of the Western Command of the Indian Army . It is a planned city like Chandigarh , with a sector system. The word

800-432: The nine auspicious days. Panchkula district has a sub-tropical continental monsoon climate with hot summers, cool winters, and monsoon rainfall. It has great variation in temperature (−1 to 43 °C [30 to 109 °F]). Sometimes winter frost occurs during December and January. The district also receives winter rains from the western disturbance. The rainfall is mostly received in the monsoon. Morni hills constitute

832-471: The past. According to the 2011 Census of India , the people of the city are overwhelmingly Hindu , with Sikh and Muslim micro minorities. In 2011, Panchkula had 48,772 households in the city, with a population of 211,355, of which male and female were 111,731 and 99,624 respectively. The city is a part of the Ambala Lok Sabha constituency represented by BJP's Rattan Lal Kataria , and

864-656: The water upstream and convey it downstream at the contour height higher than the actual level of the Ghaggar river at the same spot. One of the canals is called the Singh Nalla which was being beautified in 2021 by building a walking track and by planting plants and flowers. The city is named after Panchkula village, which is situated on the Ambala Kalka highway, near the junction with the Chandigarh road. The city

896-416: The wild every year. Red junglefowl had become extinct from most of its range and there are concerns of loss of its genetic purity due to breeding with other related species of fowls. Consequently, in 1991-92 a pheasant breeding center at Morni Hills was established with 6 aviaries and a walk-in a aviary to preserve the wild breed. Thakur Dwar temple , dedicated to lord Krishna , at the banks of Tikkar Taal

928-834: Was approved by the Library of Congress and the American Library Association and is a US standard. The International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration (IAST) is not a standard (as no specification exists for it) but a convention developed in Europe for the transliteration of Sanskrit rather than the transcription of Brahmic scripts. As a notable difference, both international standards, ISO 15919 and UNRSGN transliterate anusvara as ṁ , while ALA-LC and IAST use ṃ for it. However, ISO 15919 provides guidance towards disambiguating between various anusvara situations (such as labial versus dental nasalizations), which

960-462: Was built to control the access route to Samlotha temple, which lies northeast of the fort, to collect the hefty jizya (religious ransom tax) from the Hindu's pilgrimage. Waterfall, access via a track in the forest, is active in the rainy season. Morni Pheasant Breeding Center focuses on the breeding of red junglefowls and kalij pheasants , and regularly releases birds raised in captivity into

992-604: Was partially demolished by the British Raj after the Indian Rebellion of 1857 . Mir Muslims of Kotaha ruled from Garhi Kotaha Fort with smaller forts at Morni and Massompur. Masoompur Fort is a smaller outpost fort with thick stone-brick masonry walls on a mud hillock. It is northeast of Massompur village which is 5 km from the main Garhi Kotaha Fort via road passing through Rehana village. It

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1024-569: Was planned and developed by the state of Haryana in the 1970s. Panchkula was supposed to be the capital. The fort was built by the rulers of Kahlur State , the headquarters of which was Bilaspur in Himachal Pradesh. The King of Bilaspur built the Ramgarh Fort 360 years ago. In 1687, its rulers offered Guru Gobind Singh a horse, a sword, and Rs 500000 when he was relocating his troops from Paonta Sahib to Anandpur Sahib after

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