Mosaic sculptures to handcrafted waterfalls: Chandigarh's Rock Garden creator Nek Chand passes away

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Mosaic sculptures to handcrafted waterfalls: Chandigarh's Rock Garden creator Nek Chand passes away

Mosaic sculptures to handcrafted waterfalls: Chandigarh's Rock Garden creator Nek Chand passes away

FP Staff • June 12, 2015, 12:24:41 IST

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The garden was inaugurated as a public space in 1976, bringing him glory that would last a lifetime and beyond.

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Mosaic sculptures to handcrafted waterfalls: Chandigarh's Rock Garden creator Nek Chand passes away

Indian artist Nek Chand Saini. AFP

An Indian visitor looks at sculptures at the Rock Garden in Chandigarh on February 2, 2009. The Rock Garden, which spreads over 40 acres, was built by Indian man Nek Chand from industrial and home waste and other disgarded items. AFP

This photo taken on October 31, 2014 shows Indian visitors looking at sculptures at the Rock Garden, built by self-taught Indian artist Nek Chand Saini over the course of 18 years, in Chandigarh. Deep inside his massive garden of handmade waterfalls and sculptures, Nek Chand recalls toiling away secretly in the dead of night for a staggering 18 years to create his wonderland in north India. Riding his bicycle after dark to a state-owned forest, Chand spent night after night clearing patches of ground and transforming the landscape into a majestic garden that would eventually cover 20 acres (8 hectares). AFP

To go with India-garden-environment-tourism,FEATURE by Abhaya SRIVASTAVA This photo taken on October 31, 2014 shows Indian visitors in the Rock Garden, built by self-taught Indian artist Nek Chand Saini over the course of 18 years, in Chandigarh. Deep inside his massive garden of handmade waterfalls and sculptures, Nek Chand recalls toiling away secretly in the dead of night for a staggering 18 years to create his wonderland in north India. Riding his bicycle after dark to a state-owned forest, Chand spent night after night clearing patches of ground and transforming the landscape into a majestic garden that would eventually cover 20 acres (8 hectares). AFP

ndian visitors in the Rock Garden, built by self-taught Indian artist Nek Chand Saini over the course of 18 years, in Chandigarh. Deep inside his massive garden of handmade waterfalls and sculptures, Nek Chand recalls toiling away secretly in the dead of night for a staggering 18 years to create his wonderland in north India. Riding his bicycle after dark to a state-owned forest, Chand spent night after night clearing patches of ground and transforming the landscape into a majestic garden that would eventually cover 20 acres (8 hectares). AFP

A tourist walks along a bridge in the Rock Garden in Chandigarh on September 28, 2010. Rock Garden of Chandigarh is a sculpture garden founded by Nek Chand where each of the featured artworks have been made using recycled industrial and urban waste. AFP

An Indian visitor looks at sculptures at the Rock Garden in Chandigarh on February 2, 2009. The Rock Garden, which spreads over 40 acres, was built by Indian man Nek Chand from industrial and home waste and other disgarded items. AFP

An Indian visitor looks at sculptures at the Rock Garden in Chandigarh on February 2, 2009. The Rock Garden, which spreads over 40 acres, was built by Indian man Nek Chand from industrial and home waste and other disgarded items. AFP

This photo taken on October 31, 2014 shows self-taught Indian artist Nek Chand Saini talking to journalists on the eve of his 90th birthday at the rock garden that he built in Chandigarh. Deep inside his massive garden of handmade waterfalls and sculptures, Nek Chand recalls toiling away secretly in the dead of night for a staggering 18 years to create his wonderland in north India. Riding his bicycle after dark to a state-owned forest, Chand spent night after night clearing patches of ground and transforming the landscape into a majestic garden that would eventually cover 20 acres (8 hectares). AFP

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