Shop-lined lanes in Jatwara squeeze between old houses, then open without warning onto the dome of Khwaja Khizr's tomb, raised on a high platform above its garden. Beyond the old quarter, newer sectors spread out in planned grids, and the highway north runs to Murthal, where dhabas serve parathas topped with white butter to a steady flow of travelers.
Out at Rai, the campuses of Education City rise from what was farmland, a new student quarter on the city's edge. Summers turn fiercely hot, the monsoon soaks July to September, and January nights can bring frost. A Local Friend can show you around their own sector, with its shortcuts, corner shops and neighbors who wave from the gate.
