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Sector 22 Shastri Market

Chandigarh, Chandigarh, India

4.1 (0)

Overview

The city's oldest bustling bazaar — export-surplus fashion, street food, phones and the everyday shopping rhythm of Chandigarh's first sectors.

Why visit: Real, budget-friendly street shopping in the sectors.

Things to do

›Export-surplus fashion
›Street chaat
›Electronics lanes
›Sector 22 buzz

Bargain ShoppingStreet FoodPeople Watching

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Travel Information

Best time

Year-round

Entry fee

Free

Est. budget

₹300–1,500

Duration

2–3 hrs

Nearby attractions

Within

0.5 km

🐅 Wildlife

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Chandigarh Bird Park, Sector 21

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A walk-through aviary park (opened 2021) of macaws, cockatoos, pheasants and finches in landscaped enclosures — the tricity's newest family favourite.

Oct–Mar (closed Mon)1–2 hrsExplore

0.9 km

💎 Hidden Gem📍 Nature

4.1

Garden of Fragrance, Sector 36

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A sensory garden of scented plants — raat-ki-rani, jasmine, damask rose and herbs — designed to be enjoyed by fragrance as much as sight.

Oct–Mar; evenings1 hrExplore

1 km

💎 Hidden Gem🛕 Religious

4.0

Christ Church & St Joseph's, Sector 18/19

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The city's modernist churches — clean-lined 1960s design, stained glass and Christmas-lit facades in the central sectors.

Year-round; Christmas1 hrExplore

1.2 km

💎 Hidden Gem📍 Heritage

4.3

Chandigarh Heritage Sector Walk (Corbusier Grid)

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The planned city itself as a monument — the sector grid, the 'Edict of Chandigarh', modernist housing typologies and the tree-lined V-road hierarchy Corbusier devised.

Oct–MarHalf dayExplore

1.2 km

📍 Museum

4.0

International Dolls Museum, Sector 23

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Costume dolls and puppets from dozens of countries, plus a joy-ride toy train in the garden — a small, cheerful outing for families.

Year-round (closed Mon)1 hrExplore

1.3 km

📍 Nature

4.1

Shanti Kunj, Sector 16

Chandigarh, Chandigarh

A serene valley garden of themed sections along a stream — the city's designated 'garden of peace' for quiet walks and morning yoga.

Oct–Mar; mornings1 hrExplore

1.4 km

🍲 Local Experience

4.3

Sector 17 Plaza & Fountain

Chandigarh, Chandigarh

The pedestrian civic heart Corbusier designed as the 'city centre' — colonnaded shopping arcades, the neon fountain, showrooms and the Neelam-plaza buzz.

Year-round; eveningsHalf dayExplore

1.5 km

💎 Hidden Gem📍 Museum

4.1

National Gallery of Portraits, Sector 17

Chandigarh, Chandigarh

A gallery of paintings, photographs and busts of India's freedom fighters and national leaders, with a research library, in the Sector 17 civic heart.

Year-round (closed Mon)1 hrExplore

1.5 km