India

Nek Chand

Nek Chand (Open to read the text)

Chandigarh is the capital of Punjab, the curry state.  It is a clean modern city born in the 1950s.  In 1958 a former roads inspector named Nek Chand began collecting and using discarded objects - broken toilets, electrical sockets, bits of machinery - to create a whole fantasy world.  There are waterfalls, passageways and areas full of figures.  The people on the left were covered in broken up pieces of toilet bowl!

On the right you can see a whole wall made up of electrical sockets.  The garden is surprisingly large and impressive as much for its weirdness as its artistic sense.

The women on the left are covered in old bangles.  

The place has a 'Wombles on acid' feel to it but, it is recognised internationally as being artistically important.  You certainly do get that old 'Only in India' clichéd feeling while visiting the place.