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Faridabad

India

Watercolour of Faridabad, India. Centered on the ancient 10th-century sun reservoir of Surajkund and the rocky Aravalli hills, with Surajkund and Surajkund Crafts Mela.
AI-generated artistic rendering. Painted from written research on the city's setting, architecture and materials — not from a photograph.
What guided this image
Landmarks
Surajkund; Surajkund Crafts Mela; Badkhal Lake; Aravalli Biodiversity Park; Sheikh Farid; Haryanvi; lush Aravalli thorn forest flora; Tomar
Viewpoint
Favor the classic viewpoint looking across the stepped semi-circular stone tiers of Surajkund toward the forested Aravalli hills, showing neem and acacia branches in the foreground, the concentric stone steps and water in the middle-ground, and the rolling rocky ridge of the Aravalli Range fading in the background.
Palette
Green should be the predominant color, especially in the thick canopies of dhau and neem trees covering the Aravalli hills and Surajkund surroundings.
Guarded against
Not Gurgaon, Noida, or Delhi
Population1,414,050Wikidata: 1,404,653
Coordinates28.41°N, 77.31°E
Elevation198 m
Area743 km²
Time zoneAsia/KolkataUTC+5:30
Solar noon12:21clock runs 0.3 h ahead of the sun

Through the Earth

Dig straight through the Earth from Faridabad and you surface in open ocean, nearest to Hanga Roa, Chile — 677 km from the exact antipodal point.

Nearest cities in the atlas

New DelhiIN25 km
DelhiIN28 km
GhāziābādIN32 km
NajafgarhIN39 km
MeerutIN74 km
AgraIN154 km
GorakhpurIN197 km
JaipurIN223 km

Twinned cities

Wikidata records no twinned cities for Faridabad inside this atlas.

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