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Located on National Highway 44, it sits 20 km from Jalandhar and 124 km from Chandigarh. https://media.assettype.com/homegrown/2026-08-19/0h5x5157/DSC02240.JPG Bhavneet, a spatial designer, artist, and researcher, explores themes of kinesthetics, ancestral memory, and colonial modernity. She holds a graduate cum-laude degree from Design Academy Eindhoven, Netherlands, and MIT-ADT University, India. Her work has been supported by renowned spaces like Maria Lugones Decolonial Summer School, dieDAS Fellowship, Khoj Peers Residency, Dutch Design Week, and Milan Design Week. Mankirat, a writer and photographer, delves into mental health, feminism, existentialism, self, and language. A Literature Honours graduate from DAV College, Chandigarh, India, she combines psychology and philosophy to enrich her context. 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