Chandigarh : A City Beautiful

Has been a Union Territory since 1966. It is the best planned modern city of India. This new city was planned and designed by a famous French architect Le-Corbusier and his Cousin Pierra Jeannert and can be called a Papean to the Urban Planning. This city has been divided into several self-contained sectors, each with its own market-place, hospitals, educational Institutions, worship places, gardens and open play grounds etc.
Visitor Places : Museum, Art Gallery, Rock Garden, Asia's biggest Rose Garden, Sukhna Lake, Secretariat & Legislature Building, Punjab University Campus.
Rock Garden :is a unique but a world famous fantasy in the city, situated in the thick forest  area ,this gardens hold s its own charms for the visitors. It is full  of objects built from household and industrial  waste.

There are no  flowers or plants in this garden. The object to be seen there are the  figure made of  raw cement resembling  humans and animals. These  figures have been decorated with broken but colourful odds and ends of China clay. As one looks at them with deep intent, they seem  to be staring as the visitors. They seem  to be engaged in various activities. There are group of dancing damsels made from bicycle and motorcycle's waste  materials, marching armies of warriors resting flying or fledging  birds made from countless bite of broken glass. There are groups of music bands engaged in their activity of entertaining the visitors. Its creator also needs a mention. The garden was visualised  by Sh. Nek Chand. He belongs to Gurdaspur district in Punjab province. He started his life in PWD as labourer ,but late rose to  high ranks. He came to Chandigarh as Road Inspector. His deep visualization made   him to pick and collect all sorts of discarded scrap. He started to visit waste dumps of the factories. He collected there raw cement ,broken pipes and other discarded matter. He created rapport with the truck drivers who carried and drop his debris at a vacant corner of the forest where now this unique creation stands. For twelve years he worked hard alone on this unique fantasy. After twelve years the work of Nek Chand  noticed by Government. He was given deserving patronage. An area of twelve acres was allotted for the extension of the original  Rock Garden. Even funds were provided for carrying on the work.


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