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Clock Tower (Ghanta Ghar),Dehradun


The Clock Tower in Dehradun is located on the Rajpur road, & encircled by the city's commercial center.

The Clock Tower in Dehradun is the most renowned landmark of the city. The Clock Tower in Dehradun is the largest non-chiming six faced clock today. The Clock Tower has six faces and is the unique structure of this kind in the Asian continent. The Clock Tower was built before independence. But the clocks of the tower does not function at present since last few years.
The Clock Tower of Dehradun is the most aesthetic structure in the city. The Clock Tower can be seen from a distance. Previously, the chime of the clock was audible from distant places of the hill city. But now the Clock Tower of Dehradun is nothing but an important landmark of the city around which you will find shopping complex, important institutions, renowned schools, government buildings, tourists spots and some eminent hotels and more.


A major landmark of Dehradun, the clock tower is constructed with brick and stone with doorways on each side of the wall. A central staircase leads to the top floor that has semicircular windows.

A clock has been placed on each of the six faces at the top of the tower, A red and buff coloured structure, the tower is adorned with cement ‘jali’ on all six sides. It also has decorative ventilators above all six doors.




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