Culture of Chandigarh

Chandigarh Culture

Located in the northern region of India Chandigarh should essentially have north Indian culture, hence basically Punjabi culture is seen in Chandigarh. Chandigarh has several Government institutions; it has branches of almost all the banks in the country, many research institutes, big establishments of Indian Army and Indian Air Force. Because of posting at so many government and semi government establishments there are people from all over India working in Chandigarh. Literarily people from every state of India can be found in Chandigarh, so there is a mix of different cultures here. People here celebrate all the festivals and amicably mix up with each other. There are temples and other places of worship with architecture of different regional places (Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Orissa and Bengal styles). Various sabhas, bhavans and committees are formed here, each with distinct traditions and cultures everybody intermingle with each other thereby giving thrust to various music, dance & art forms. People organize fairs, exhibitions, meetings and competitions to promote their culture. The main language spoken here is Hindi, and Punjabi, but Hinglish is used by the younger generation which is mixture of Hindi & English. Cuisines of all styles and regions are available here for the people to savor; there are many fast food joints, Chinese & South Indian restaurants for the people to choose from.