Rock Garden of Chandigarh

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The Rock Garden of Chandigarh is a renowned sculpture garden in India, created by artist Nek Chand from industrial and urban waste materials, and is celebrated for its unique, labyrinthine landscape of recycled art.

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Rock Garden of Chandigarh canonical 2
Rock Garden 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf art environment
sculpture garden
tourist attraction
adjacentTo Sukhna Lake
artStyle environmental art
outsider art
constructionMethod incremental construction
self-built
country India
creator Nek Chand
culturalSignificance icon of Chandigarh city
symbol of creative reuse
governingBody Administrator of Chandigarh
surface form: Chandigarh Administration
hasPart amphitheatre
interlinked courtyards
sculpture installations
terraces
thematic sections
walkways
waterfalls
heritageStatus heritage site of Chandigarh
inception 1957
knownFor folk-style sculptures
labyrinthine layout
outsider art
recycled art
locatedIn Chandigarh
Chandigarh
surface form: Union Territory of Chandigarh

northern India
materialUsed broken ceramics
concrete
discarded glass
industrial waste
metal scraps
recycled materials
urban waste
namedAfter rocks and stone formations
notableFeature animal and human sculptures
figures made from broken bangles
maze-like pathways
use of discarded household items
publicOpeningDate 1976
significantPeriod 20th century
significantProjectOf Nek Chand
touristAttractionType sculpture park
urban park
visitorType domestic tourists
international tourists

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Chandigarh famousLandmark Rock Garden of Chandigarh
Brooklyn Botanic Garden hasCollection Rock Garden of Chandigarh
this entity surface form: Rock Garden
Sukhna Lake locatedNear Rock Garden of Chandigarh