The land of five rivers

Golden Temple –Most Beautiful Temple In India

The land of five rivers

River Ravi River Sutlej

River Chenab River Jhelum

River Beas

CULTURE:Punjabi music:

Bhangra

Punjabi Cuisine:

Punjabi dances:

Bhangra Jhumar

Giddha

Punjabi Wedding Tradition:

Reading Guru Granth Sahib Departure of Baraat

Arrival at Gurudwara

Performing Ardas Distributing Karah Prashad

Completing circles Final Ardas

Distributing Karah Prashad

Blessings from everyone Traditional langer meal

Punjabi attire:

Religions:

Sikhism Islam Hinduism

Festivals:

Lohri Baisakhi

Hola mohalla Diwali

Tourist destinations:

Places of worship:

Punjabi Art:

Spinning wheel Needle work

Punjabi Juttis

Basketery Wood work

Clay toys and potteryMudwall painting

INDUSTRIAL SECTOR:Introduction:

Fertile regions.Rapid industrialization. Development of small, medium and large scale industries.Enormous potential in agriculture, scientific instruments, electrical goods, machine tools, textiles, etc.

1. Agro based industry: Punjab has advanced industrialization in the farm sector.

It produces wheat, oilseeds, cotton, sugarcane, fruit, vegetables, milk, honey and other animal husbandry products.

2. Cotton Textile Industry : Punjab is a major grower of cotton.

Has a long established industry of cotton spinning and weaving.

Ludhiana textile industry contributes more than 28% of the output of Punjab.

The sugar mills in Punjab are located at Batala, Gurdaspur, Bhogpur, Phagwara, etc.

Morinda sugar mill is the biggest in Punjab with crushing capacity of 4,000 tonnes of sugarcane.

3. Sugar industry:

4. Petroleum Refinery: The Guru Gobind Singh Refinery in Bhatinda is the latest project to boost India's refined hydrocarbon product capacity.

The refinery produces pet coke, sulphur, aviation turbine fuel, mineral oil, kerosene oil, high speed diesel, etc.

5. Automotive Components Industry: Caters largely to the lowervalue replacement market. Growing rapidly.

implications for employment and income generation in Punjab.

6. Bicycle Industry: Punjab is a major centre for the manufacture of bicycles.

Accounts for over three quarters of the bicycle component manufacture in the country.

7. Dairy Industry:Dairy industry is one of the main sources of economic development in the state of Punjab.

They sell milk, flavored milk, ice cream, yoghurt, ghee, cheese, milk cake etc.

It provides good diet for the health of rural masses.

8. Hand Tools Industry: Jalandhar is known for the manufacturing of Hand Tools like Spanner set, screw driver, nose pliers etc.

50 units are engaged in the manufacturing.

Giving employment to 8000 people.

9. Surgical instruments industry: Surgical Instruments units are labour intensive units.

There are 275 units in Jalandhar providing employment to 2500 persons.