Designer Of Chandigarh Rock Garden
It is also known as nek chand s rock garden after its founder nek chand saini a government official who started the garden secretly in his spare time in 1957.
Designer of chandigarh rock garden. Today it is spread over an area of 40 acres 16 ha. Chandigarh s rock garden is a famous tourist attraction which was developed after the death of le corbusier. The garden design of nek chand s illegal rock garden chandigarh 4 of 4.
Later on after his death the development of chandigarh was carried on as per his plan and today chandigarh is known as one of the best planned cities in the world. He designed play parks and gardens recreations clubs etc. He had the hobby of collecting waste material from all around the city and nearby villages and using it to create figurines and bizarre structures though where he was putting these up was unknown at that time.
The rock garden of chandigarh is a sculpture garden for rock enthusiasts in chandigarh punjab and haryana india it is accessible by new delhi. Nek chand who has died aged 90 was the creator of the extraordinary rock garden of chandigarh a 25 acre environment in northern india that contains more than 2 000 statues.