Punjab - Land of five rivers

Punjab is a land of five rivers.

1. PUNJ AB Land of FIVE Rivers

2. Five Rivers – Sutlej Beas Ravi Chenab Jhelum

3. Capital - Chandigarh Largest City - Ludhiana 237 Cities/Towns 28 million (2011) 50,362 Square kilometers 1 International 4 Domestic Airports

4. Golden Temple – Amritsar (Harimandir Sahib) Over 100,000 people visit the holy shrine daily for worship. The Gurdwara complex has been nominated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site The langar at the Golden Temple serves a massive number – 50,000-75000 people a day! The temple daily uses nearly: 12,000 kg flour 1,500 kg rice 13,000 kg lentils Nearly 5,000 kg of vegetables are chopped in the kitchen. Over 450 volunteers at the kitchen to keep it running 24 hours.

5. Main Occupation Farming & Dairy Main Crop Wheat Rice Cotton Sugercane Sunflower , Mustard Oil Vegitables and Fruits Potato Cauliflower Peas Root crops Mango, Orange, Peach , Litchi , Guava Military and Defense Services Sikh Regiment Indian Army 1 Aug 1846 - Present Punjabis are in Canada and US Army Agriculture Industry Organic Farming Contract Farming Seed Productions

6. Industries In Punjab Mechanical Industry Sanitary Fittings Leather and Rubber Industry Textile and yarn Industry Sports Goods and Equipment Pharmaceuticals and Medical Equipment

7. Punjabi Music & Cinema Classical Semi-classical Folk Ghazal Qawwali. Sufi

8. Punjabi Dance Bhangra Giddha Kikli Joomer

9. Punjab Festivals Lohari Lohri is the winter harvest festival of Punjab Basant Panchami Start of Spring Baisakhi Punjab’s harvest festival Teeyan Start of Monsoon Hola Mohalla Diwali

10. Martial Art Gatka (Sword Fight)

11. C uisine of Punjab Fully Vegetarian Vegitables Dairy Food Roti ( Flatbread ) Wheat Corn Rice Lentils Non Vegetarian Chicken Lamb Fish

12. Place to Visit Golden Temple Rock Garden Sukhna Lake Virast -e- khalsa Museums

13. Thank you & Welcome to Punjab