I would prefer to call it a sculpture garden rather than a mere 'rock' garden. It is unbelievable to know that this wonderful space created by the lakeside by a government employee Nek Chand was illegal and was kept a secret for a good 18 years! His creative usage of construction wastes collected from across Chandigarh is now a public space.
The other popular space Rose Garden has a season to visit. Unless it is spring or a little after the rains, the Rose Garden is a large space nothing more than a park in any other city. But the Rock Garden has no season to visit. It is beautiful throughout the year. Every pathway secretly leading to another gorgeous space of arts is to be experienced. You need to take a slow walk. Or visit the garden in parts for two or three days.
This is an artificially created waterfalls and the space around it is created with bits and pieces of many stones and small rocks.
Located closer to the Sukhna Lake, Chandigarh's Rock Garden is open from 9 am to 7.30 p.m. daily and there is an entry ticket to visit the garden. In winter the garden closes at 6.30 p.m.
All these are made of broken mosaic flooring and other tiles from the construction debris. How many days of passionate work could it have taken!
Are these pieces of glass bangles? Yes, they are. Carefully put together in such a symmetric pattern that all these peacocks look like being from the same family!
It is best to visit this place right at the time of opening in the morning. Else you would be caught between the selfie groups as every bit of the garden is worth a picture to be in!
