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Panjore garden has been laid out on the natural slope of the ground in six separate and successive terraces one below another. A canal about ten feet wide of the clearest water runs through the centre. In this there is a line of fountains extending from the entrance to the end, abundantly supplied with water from the hills above, which flows through the canal and falls in chud durs or broad cascades froni terrace to terrace. Behind these crystal curtains there are recesses for lamps which are lit during nights of festivity, similar lines of fountains branch off on the right and left to other parts of the gardens. In the centre is an artificial tank and in the middle of it a small mahal or palace surrounded with fountains which during the hot months must be a delicious recreate. A profusion of roses with other flowers, shrubs and handsome trees ornament this beautiful spot. The gardens of shalamar Lahore, Taj Mahal of Agra, Secundra, Sir hind have perhaps equalled this in profusness of bloom or gracefuliness of arrangement but this surpasses them in the charms which nature herself has bestowed upon it, the garden deserves a visit.
Following is the rough measurement of the Panjore Garden:From the entrance to the first fall ... 112 paces.
second , ... 100 third , ... 117 fourth ,, ... 136 , fifth,, , ... 76 ,
sixth , and end 100 , Width of the garden beyond the Mahal 386 paces. The gardens were made by some Mohamaden kings bnt now are in the possession of Maharaja Bhupindra Singh of Patiala.
Fron Kalka to Simla railway journey is very interesting and one can see the Engineering skill displayed in bringing the heavy railway to the mountains where men on foot were unable to walk
