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Punjab About Punjab Places to Visit Cities     Ludhiana   Climate and Clothing Getting there Where to stay Cuisine Shopping Fairs and Festivals This is another prominent industrial city of Punjab known for its hosiery and woollen garments sold in prestigious shopping stores all over the world. Travel Information Climate Summer (March to June ):   Warm Monsoon (July to August): :   Warm Winter (Nov. to Feb)::   Cool and Pleasant Clothing Summer : Light Cottons Winter : Woollens Getting There Daily return air flights between Delhi and Amritsar, and Chandigarh and Delhi. Railway service connects all important places. Road links all the destinations. Where to Stay Amaltas Hotel City Heart Hotel Neelon Queen's Flower Tourist Resort Sahiba Hotel Shiraz Hotel Cuisine Famous for its rich cuisine and milk products, Punjab offers the food lover plenty of choice. Its traditional Makki-ki-Roti and Sarson-ka-Saag with chunks of home-made butter, accompanied by a glass of butter milk (lassi) is best known. Also popular are exotic pulaos, biryanis, vegetable pickles and kababs. Shopping Punjab is known for handicrafts and handlooms, phulkari (traditional embroidery), lacquer wood-work, furniture, footwear, carpets, jewellery, woollens and blankets. Fairs And Festivals •  Punjab has its own colourful vibrant way of celebrating festivals. •  Basant Panchami (spring festival) is celebrated in January/February. •  Hola Mohalla is celebrated in March. •  Dussehra, Diwali, and Guru Purb, the birthday of all Sikh Gurus, are celebrated in October/November. •  Birthday of Guru Nanak Dev and Guru Gobind Singh is celebrated in November / December.