Back to album

"There is so much more to do" - Nek Chand

Nek Chand Saini (नेक चंद सैनी) (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 Chandigarh, India.

He hailed from Shakargarh region (now in Pakistan) of district Gurdaspur. His family moved to Chandigarh in 1947 during the Partition. At the time, the city was being redesigned as a modern utopia by the Swiss/French architect Le Corbusier. It was to be the first planned city in India, and Chand found work there as a roads inspector for the Public Works Department in 1951. He was awarded the Padma Shri by Government of India in 1984.

 

............................Wikipedia

799 views
4 faves
3 comments
Uploaded on June 13, 2015
Taken on June 14, 2014