Open Hand Monument
A fourteen metre metal hand that turns in the wind, Le Corbusier's emblem for the city, open to give and to receive.
- Where
- Chandigarh, Chandigarh, India
- Grade
- UNESCO heritage
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 8 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 30.7590, 76.8074
Get the Open Hand Monument stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Open Hand Monument. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Chandigarh volume with your photos and a note.
Near Open Hand Monument
Capitol Complex 0.1 km
Le Corbusier's concrete assembly, secretariat and high court, part of his work inscribed across seven countries.
Rock Garden 0.7 km
Forty acres built in secret from industrial waste and broken crockery by a roads inspector, discovered by the state in 1975.
Government Museum and Art Gallery 2.2 km
Gandhara sculpture in a Corbusier building.
Sukhna Lake 2.4 km
A rainfed lake dug at the foot of the Shivaliks in 1958, and the place Chandigarh walks in the morning.
Zakir Hussain Rose Garden 2.6 km
Asia's largest rose garden, in sector sixteen.
Le Corbusier Centre 3.3 km
The architect's own site office, kept as it was, explaining a city designed from nothing in six years.
Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary 3.8 km
Twenty six square kilometres of Shivalik scrub behind the lake, closed to vehicles and walked on foot.
Chandigarh Capitol Assembly 3.9 km
The chamber under the parasol roof.
More UNESCO World Heritage sites in Chandigarh
Questions
Where is Open Hand Monument?
Open Hand Monument is in Chandigarh, Chandigarh. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Capitol Complex (0.1 km), Rock Garden (0.7 km), Government Museum and Art Gallery (2.2 km).
How do I get the Open Hand Monument stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Open Hand Monument and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Chandigarh volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Open Hand Monument before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Chandigarh volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
Collect your first stamp.
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