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| Type | Urban park |
| Location | Chandigarh, India |
| Coordinates | 30°45′07″N 76°48′25″E / 30.752°N 76.807°E |
| Area | 160,000 sq.m. |
| Created | 1957-1976 |
| Visitors | 1.5 million |
The Rock Garden of Chandigarh is a sculpture garden in Chandigarh, India. It is also known as Nek Chand Saini's Rock Garden of Nathupur after its founder Nek Chand Saini, a government official who started building the garden secretly in his spare time in 1957. It has spread over an area of 40 acres (16 ha), and is completely built from industrial, home waste, and discarded items.[1][2]
- ^ 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 II, Lisa Stone. Published by Princeton Architectural Press, 2007. ISBN 1-56898-728-5. Page 319-Page 322.
- ^ "Night tourism to light up 'rocks'". The Times of India. 1 July 2012. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2012.