Nek Chand Saini[1] (15 December 1924 – 12 June 2015) was a self-taught Indian artist, known for building the Rock Garden of Chandigarh, an eighteen-acre sculpture garden in the city of …

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 …

Aug 5, 2011 · In 1957, Nek Chand, a lower-level government inspector, began collecting rocks behind a government building in Chandigarh, northern India. His innocent hobby began to …

Nek Chand was an Indian self-taught artist best known for transforming trash and debris into the Rock Garden of Chandigarh, an assemblage of thousands of sculptures in a forest on the …

In the midst of this carefully planned, 1950s-style architecture lies a 40-acre garden kingdom comprised of meandering paths, courtyards, waterfalls, pavilions, theaters, plazas and …

Apr 9, 2018 · For almost two decades, self-taught artist Nek Chand worked in secret. In the cover of night, he’d sneak away to a clearing deep in a forest owned by the government on the …

Nek Chand (1924-2015) was an Indian artist best known for constructing the 18-acre sculpture garden known as The Rock Garden of Chandigarh in 1957. On 12 June 2015, at the age of …

The Rock Garden, the world’s largest visionary environment, is a fantasy kingdom created by Nek Chand Saini (1924–2015). Originally built in secret in a clearing on the outskirts of the newly …

Jun 14, 2015 · The creation story of the Rock Garden has the tenor of a local epic. Mr. Chand was born Nek Chand Saini on Dec. 15, 1924, in the village of Barian Kalan, which became part of …

Jun 11, 2016 · Creator of the world famous Rock Garden of Chandigarh, Nek Chand Saini, died on June 12, 2015. The self-taught planner became famous for his 'Outsider Art' movement. He …