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Chandigarh authorities plan to illuminate the Rock Garden using LED lights and allow visiting hours to be extended until 10 pm, according to India media reports. Work on the lighting up project will begin later this month and will take around six months, it is said.  At the same time, it is claimed that the […]

The Nek Chand Foundation is unfortunately obliged to suspend the organization of volunteer groups at the Rock Garden, Chandigarh due to continuing problems with accommodation on site.  'It's a real pity because volunteers have done such good work over the years, and volunteer groups are the Foundation's main source of income,' said NCF Trustee and

Nek Chand's ninetieth birthday was widely and joyfully celebrated by the people and city of Chandigarh this week.  On Monday 15th December crowds gathered at the Rock Garden for organized festivities at which Nek Chand was greeted by well-wishers and cut an enormous specially-made cake. The local edition of Times India carried front-page features in

Nek Chand Gets Golf Cart Nek Chand received the gift of a golf cart from the Nek Chand Foundation last month.  ‘I am happy and surprised,’ he said. The gift of the electric 4-seater was made possible by the donations over several years from volunteers and other international supporters of the Nek Chand Foundation. Nek

Volunteers Create Mosaic Columns in Phase 3 of Rock Garden A group of seven Nek Chand Foundation volunteers have completed beautiful mosaic art on a series of previously bare concrete columns in Phase 3 of the Rock Garden, Chandigarh.  From mid-February to mid-March, the hard-working volunteers from Australia, UK and USA covered a total of

An interesting and valuable report on the November to December 2013 Rock Garden volunteer group's work and on the current state of the Rock Garden has been written by leading US-based NCF supporter, Christine Style.  The piece – accompanied by great photos – is in the Volunteer section of the website. Thanks, Christine.

A short report by Cathy Amos on mosaic work at the Rock Garden by Nek Chand Foundation volunteers in November 2013 has been added under the Volunteer menu heading. Two photographs show the beautiful finished pillars and the report explains the work process – something that may be of great help to future mosaicist volunteers.

The Indian Express has reported on the neglected Rock Garden at Punjab Agricultural University in Ludhiana in a story echoing the Nek Chand Foundation website article of 2 March 2012. The University's small Rock Garden was created over twenty years ago under the direction of Nek Chand and with a gift from him of around

Rock Garden to Feature in India's Republic Day Parade The Rock Garden has been selected to feature in India's 65th Republic Day parade in New Delhi on 26th January 2014, The Times of India reports. A motorized tableau representing the Rock Garden will include structures made from recycled materials, a miniature waterfall, murals, and five