Gurgaon
According to mythological legends,
the ashram of Dronacharya, the Guru of Pandavas and Kaurvas of Mahabharta epic
was located here. The place was gifted to Dronacharya by Yudhistar, the Pandav
prince as 'Guru Dakshina' and it came to be known as 'Gurugram', which later on
became 'Gurgaon'.
Today, Gurgaon is one of the major
corporate and industrial centre of Haryana. It has emerged as the most
important centre of IT industry and software development in Northern India. It
lies on the National Highway - 8, closer to Indira Gandhi International Airport,
at New Delhi and offers world-class facilities to the corporate sector. Gurgaon
has attracted huge investment from Multinational companies, large business
houses, foreign investors and Non-Resident Indians (NRI) etc. It has also
emerged as an important shopping and recreation destination due to its numerous
world-class shopping malls. Some places of attraction in Gurgaon are - Shiv
Temple, Sheesh Mahal and Sheetala Devi Temple.
