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	==External links==		==External links==
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	{{Commons category\|Rock Garden, Chandigarh}}		{{Commons category\|Rock Garden, Chandigarh}}
	* [http://www.nekchand.com/ Nekchand Foundation website]		* [http://www.nekchand.com/ Nekchand Foundation website]

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{{Short description|Sculpture garden in Chandigarh, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2017}}

{{Infobox park
| name = Rock Garden
| image = Chandigarh Rock Garden 4.jpg
| type = [[Urban park]]
| location = [[Chandigarh]], [[India]]
| coordinates = 30.75380, 76.81047
| area = 160,000 sq.m.
| created = 1957-1976
| visitation_num = 1.5 million
}}

The '''Rock Garden of Chandigarh''' is a [[sculpture garden]] for rock enthusiasts in [[Chandigarh]], [[India]]. It is also known as '''Nek Chand Saini's Rock Garden''' after its founder [[Nek Chand Saini]], a government official who started the [[garden]] secretly in his spare time in 1957. Today it is spread over an area of {{convert|40|acre|ha}}. It is completely built from industrial, home waste and discarded items.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=3CdgUwZBNwIC&pg=PA321&dq=Rock+Garden,+Chandigarh&as_brr=0#PPA319,M1 Nek Chand Rock Garden] ''Sublime Spaces and Visionary Worlds: Built Environments of Vernacular Artists'', by Leslie Umberger, Erika Lee Doss, Ruth DeYoung Kohler, Lisa Stone. Published by Princeton Architectural Press, 2007. {{ISBN|1-56898-728-5}}. Page 319-Page 322.</ref><ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-01/chandigarh/32494297_1_night-tourism-feasibility-study-prominent-tourist-destinations |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126225232/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-01/chandigarh/32494297_1_night-tourism-feasibility-study-prominent-tourist-destinations |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-01-26 |title=Night tourism to light up ‘rocks’ |date=2012-07-01 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=2012-10-30}}</ref> Some of the scenes in the recently released movie [[Shershaah#:~:text=The film was officially announced,wrapped on 12 January 2020.|Shershaah]] have been filmed in the Rock Garden.

== Description ==
The Rock Garden sits near [[Sukhna Lake]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/kids/article2081192.ece? |title=Working wealth out of waste}}</ref> It consists of man-made interlinked [[waterfall]]s and many other sculptures that have been made of scrap and other kinds of waste ([[bottle]]s, glasses, bangles, [[tile]]s, [[ceramic]] pots, [[sink]]s, electrical waste, broken [[pipe (fluid conveyance)|pipe]]s, etc.) which are placed in walled [[Trail|paths]].{{Citation needed|date=May 2011}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oH9x2myWx-cC&pg=PA38&dq=rock+garden+chandigarh&hl=en&sa=X&ei=EzbxT6rUGILrrQeXyPi9DQ&ved=0CEYQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=rock%20garden%20chandigarh&f=false |title=Chandigarh, the City Beautiful: Environmental Profile of a Modern Indian City}}</ref>[[File:Chand2.jpg|thumb|The garden is most famous for its sculptures made from recycled ceramic]]In his spare time, Nek Chand started collecting materials from demolition sites around the city. He recycled these materials into his own vision of the divine kingdom of Sukrani, choosing a gorge in a forest near [[Sukhna Lake]] for his work. The gorge had been designated as a land conservancy, a forest buffer established in 1902 that nothing could be built on. Chand's work was illegal, but he was able to hide it for 18 years before it was discovered by the authorities in 1976. By this time, it had grown into a {{convert|12|acre|ha|adj=on}} complex of interlinked courtyards, each filled with hundreds of pottery-covered [[concrete]] sculptures of dancers, musicians, and animals.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=B7T4T1oK_-IC&pg=PA126&dq=rock+garden+chandigarh&hl=en&sa=X&ei=EzbxT6rUGILrrQeXyPi9DQ&ved=0CDsQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=rock%20garden%20chandigarh&f=false|title=Picturing South Asian Culture in English: Textual and Visual Representations}}</ref>

[[File:Waterfall at Rock Garden, Chandigarh.jpg|thumb|Waterfall and path at Rock Garden, Chandigarh]]
His work was in danger of being demolished, but he was able to get public opinion on his side. In 1976 the park was inaugurated as a public space. Nek Chand was given a salary, a title ("Sub-Divisional Engineer, Rock Garden") and 50 laborers so that he could work full-time. The Rock Garden appeared on an Indian stamp in 1983.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.indianexpress.com/news/pak-scribes-tour-city-visit-rock-garden/878995/|title=Pak scribes tour city, visit Rock Garden|newspaper=The Indian Express | date=22 November 2011 | accessdate=12 February 2017 }}</ref> The Rock Garden is still made out of recycled materials. With the government's help, Chand was able to set up collection centers around the city for waste, especially rags and broken ceramics.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/Pricey-weddings-at-Rock-Garden/articleshow/5073929.cms | title='Pricey' weddings at Rock Garden | date=1 October 2009 | newspaper=The Times of India | author=TNN | accessdate=12 February 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-03-15/chandigarh/28042046_1_face-lift-amount-chandigarh-rock-garden |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130104104741/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-03-15/chandigarh/28042046_1_face-lift-amount-chandigarh-rock-garden |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-01-04 |work=[[The Times of India]] |title=Chandigarh Rock Garden to get a face-lift}}</ref>

When Chand left the country on a lecture tour in 1996, the city withdrew its funding, and vandals attacked the park. The Rock Garden Society took over the administration and upkeep of this unique visionary environment.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=vdMNBxOsvrUC&pg=PA56&dq=rock+garden+chandigarh&hl=en&sa=X&ei=EzbxT6rUGILrrQeXyPi9DQ&ved=0CFYQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=rock%20garden%20chandigarh&f=false|title=Encyclopaedia of Tourism Resources in India, Volume 1}}</ref><ref>[https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/offthemap/html/travelogue_artist_3.htm?true "The Rock Garden, Chandigarh, India," PBS Independent Lens, Off the Map]</ref>

The garden is visited by over 5,000 people daily, with more than 12 million visitors since its inception.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=gL7pGaL3vooC&pg=PA125&dq=rock+garden+chandigarh&hl=en&sa=X&ei=EzbxT6rUGILrrQeXyPi9DQ&ved=0CGcQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=rock%20garden%20chandigarh&f=false|title=Discover India by Rail}}</ref>

Women celebrate the [[Teej|Teej Festival]] at [https://twistcity.com/rock-garden-chandigarh/ Rock Garden Chandigarh].

=== Dolls Museum ===
There is also a Dolls Museum inside Rock Garden. It was inaugurated by UT Administrator [[V.P. Singh Badnore]] to mark the second death anniversary of its founder Nek Chand. The museum comprises 200 rag dolls made from waste cloth. The dolls were made by Nek Chand in the 1970s.<ref>https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/doll-museum-opens-in-memory-of-nek-chand/articleshow/59120534.cms</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery mode="packed">
Image:RockGardenEntrance.jpg|Entrance
Image:Rock Garden Memory Stone, Chandigarh, India.jpg|Dedication day memorial, 7 July 1988.
Image:RockGarden.jpg|Rock Garden,Chandigarh,India
Image:Dancing girls at Rock Garden, Chandigarh.jpg|Dancing girls at Rock Garden, Chandigarh.
Image:Decorated wall at Rock Garden, Chandigarh.jpg|Decorated wall at Rock Garden.
</gallery>

==Further reading==
* ''Nek Chand's outsider art: the rock garden of Chandigarh'', by Lucienne Peiry, John Maizels, Philippe Lespinasse, Nek Chand. Published by Flammarion, 2006. {{ISBN|2-08-030518-2}}.
* ''The Collection, the Ruin and the Theatre: Architecture, sculpture and landscape in Nek Chand's Rock Garden'', by [[Soumyen Bandyopadhyay]] and Iain Jackson. Liverpool University Press, 2007. {{ISBN|1-84631-120-9}}.
* ''Sublime Spaces and Visionary Worlds: Built Environments of Vernacular Artists'', by Leslie Umberger (author), Erika Doss (contributor), Ruth Kohler (contributor), Lisa Stone (contributor).

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.nekchand.com/ Nekchand Foundation website]

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