Visit Rock Garden for a Fantabulous Experience

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Visit Rock Garden for a Fantabulous Experience One of the most visited places in Chandigarh located in sector 1, the Rock garden is a huge garden divided into three parts. The garden exhibits sculptures made from broken home appliances, terra cotta, sinks, tiles, broken pipes, bottles, and bangles. Rock Garden Chandigarh was founded and designed by Nek Chand Saini in 1957, spread in a massive 40-acre land, the place enriched with more than 5000 mosaic colorful sculptures. The exquisite garden also called "Best from Waste"- was built single-handedly by public works department officer Nek Chand in his free time and is a must-visit place in Chandigarh. In addition to this, Nek Chand rock garden Chandigarh earlier was used as a wasteland where industrial and urban waste was thrown. However, the self-taught artist Nek Chand began collecting the waste and turned it into varied shapes such as humans, abstracts, and animal figures- giving art and craft new definitions. Not to mention, Rock garden is one of the finest contemporary wonders of the world with more than 5000 daily visitors in 'City Beautiful'. Also, among the best places to visit in Chandigarh- Rock garden is open 7days, summer timings 9 AM To 7 PM whilst in winters it closes at 6 pm. The entry fee is 30 INR for adults and 10 INR for kids. What are the activities one can do in Rock Garden? If it will be your first time to the city beautiful-Chandigarh, it is advised to give this place a shot. The aesthetically driven garden will indeed fascinate you outrightly.


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