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Ludhiana

India

Watercolour of Ludhiana, India. On the Sutlej River plain, the historic "Manchester of India", centered around the 15th-century Lodhi Fort and the iconic clock tower of the Christian Medical College, with Lodhi Fort and Christian Medical College.
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
Lodhi Fort; Christian Medical College; Gurdwara Dukh Niwaran Sahib; Punjab Agricultural University; Punjabi; Sutlej River; lush Malwa Punjab agricultural plain flora; Lodhi
Viewpoint
Favor the classic viewpoint looking across the sacred sarovar pool toward the white marble domes and arches of Gurdwara Dukh Niwaran Sahib or toward the ancient brick ramparts of Lodhi Fort, showing shisham tree branches and marble balustrades in the foreground, the calm water reflections and architectural monuments in the middle-ground, and the vast Punjab plain horizon fading in the background.
Palette
Green should be the predominant color, especially in the thick shisham and peepal trees around Gurdwara Dukh Niwaran, PAU agricultural fields, and Lodhi Fort surroundings.
Guarded against
Not Amritsar, Jalandhar, or Chandigarh
Population1,618,879
Coordinates30.91°N, 75.85°E
Elevation262 m
Area310 km²
Time zoneAsia/KolkataUTC+5:30
Solar noon12:27clock runs 0.4 h ahead of the sun

Through the Earth

Dig straight through the Earth from Ludhiana and you surface in open ocean, nearest to Hanga Roa, Chile — 661 km from the exact antipodal point.

Nearest cities in the atlas

AmritsarIN121 km
LahorePK160 km
GorakhpurIN163 km
GujranwalaPK210 km
FaisalabadPK269 km
NajafgarhIN278 km
MeerutIN280 km
DelhiIN284 km

Twinned cities

Wikidata records no twinned cities for Ludhiana inside this atlas.

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