The Rock Garden

When we were told that we were all going on a tour of a rock garden I was less than thrilled. I was more than happy to go along because it was with a bunch of people that I wanted to be with but a rock garden? Why?

It was the day after we had finished our ride from Delhi to Chandigarh, India, in March last year and we were all going to jump on our support bus and check out some of the local attractions.

We arrived at Nek Chand’s Rock Garden and I was still thinking that there must be something better to do with this wonderful bunch of guys we’d travelled with over the past week. In a few hours they’d be riding the bus back to Delhi and we knew that while there was a meeting back in Delhi scheduled for a few days ahead, there would probably be some of these wonderful friends that we wouldn’t see again.

I wandered through the entrace into a fascinating wonderland. What an amazing place. Tiny ceramic creations through to huge waterfalls and streams and even some adult sized swings hung beneath huge pillars make a visit to the Rock Garden an essential part of a trip to Chanigarh.

This website, which contains a lot more pictures of the Rock Garden has a quote on the front page saying, “Built of industrial waste and thrown away items, the Rock Garden in the city of Chandigarh is perhaps the world’s most poignant and salient statement of the possibility of finding beauty in the unexpected and accidental.” That’s quite an understatement. Please take a few minutes to have a look at the website and check out the photo galleries. My simple photo doesn’t even begin to do justice to this incredble art showcase but you can get a bigger view of it by clicking on the picture if you’d like.

If you ever have the opportunity to visit Chandigarh, make sure you visit Nek Chand’s Rock Garden.

Posted by Rodney Olsen

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