Jalandhar
Discover Jalandhar
Jalandhar is a city in Punjab, India. Jalandhar is now industrial center with leather goods and sport equipments being the big earners. This is a good place to share Punjabi people passion for foods. Punjab's third largest city with a population of nearly one million has huge historic significance. Nearby flows the Beas River that marks the eastern-most border of Alexander the Great's conquests in 326 BCE. According to Chinese Buddhist monk Xuanzang or (Hsuan-tsang) who traveled to India between 627-643 CE, Adinapur (the current Jalalabad) was an important Buddhist center with lot of vihara (monasteries). At that time Adinapur was the capital of a powerful kingdom that encompassed a good part of southern Himachal Pardesh. But the city retains almost nothing of its past. Few archaeological relics are to the south, around Nakodar town.
Taste of Jalandhar...
Jalandhar offers a variety of delicious authentic Punjabi food. Some of the "must-eat" dishes are:
Essential Information
Getting There
Multiple OptionsTravel options from Delhi include train and road travel. Jalandhar is well connected by trains, including a Shatabdi train from Delhi to Amritsar via Jalandhar which runs twice a day with air-conditioned chair car coaches. Jammu Mail, among others, runs in the night from Delhi to Jalandhar. Apart from trains, Jalandhar is easy accessible by buses plying from all over the North India. There are many interstate buses connecting Jalandhar to the major towns of Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Haryana, Delhi and Rajasthan. Jalandhar is well connected to all the major cities in Punjab by Public and Private buses. There are private buses connecting Jalandhar to the towns in other states but generally they don't have the legal permits and took much time as compared to state owned buses. However, these can be comfortable as compared to state buses depending upon the bus operator. There are air conditioned buses also which generally have valid permits....
Getting Around & Staying
Getting Around
Jalandhar is India's foremost producer of sports goods. Its traditional clothes (salwar suits, sarees etc.), Punjabi jutis (slippers) and jewels are also very famous. There are lot of local jewellers for non-branded jewellery at Phoolan Waala Chowk while branded jewellery are located at Model Town market Jalandhar offers a variety of delicious authentic Punjabi food. Some of the "must-eat" dishes are:
Money & Budget
Jalandhar is India's foremost producer of sports goods. Its traditional clothes (salwar suits, sarees etc.), Punjabi jutis (slippers) and jewels are also very famous. There are lot of local jewellers for non-branded jewellery at Phoolan Waala Chowk while branded jewellery are located at Model Town market Jalandhar offers a variety of delicious authentic Punjabi food. Some of the "must-eat" dishes are: