In India, a secret garden that rocks

Posted on Dec 5, 2011 in Art, India | 0 comments

Nek Chand became a road inspector in Chandigarh six decades ago, when India’s only planned city, a geometric dream of clean lines and modernist buildings designed in part by French architect Le Corbusier, was just taking shape.

One day, using his access to city maps, Chand spotted some forest land out of sight that wasn’t slated for development.

He set about creating a wonderland, a bit of beautiful chaos in tidy Chandigarh.

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