Rock Garden
Forty acres built in secret from industrial waste and broken crockery by a roads inspector, discovered by the state in 1975.
- Where
- Chandigarh, Chandigarh, India
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 30.7532, 76.8062
Get the Rock Garden stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Rock Garden. 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 Rock Garden
Open Hand Monument 0.7 km
A fourteen metre metal hand that turns in the wind, Le Corbusier's emblem for the city, open to give and to receive.
Capitol Complex 0.7 km
Le Corbusier's concrete assembly, secretariat and high court, part of his work inscribed across seven countries.
Government Museum and Art Gallery 1.9 km
Gandhara sculpture in a Corbusier building.
Sukhna Lake 1.9 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 2.2 km
Asia's largest rose garden, in sector sixteen.
Le Corbusier Centre 2.6 km
The architect's own site office, kept as it was, explaining a city designed from nothing in six years.
Chandigarh Capitol Assembly 3.3 km
The chamber under the parasol roof.
Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary 3.6 km
Twenty six square kilometres of Shivalik scrub behind the lake, closed to vehicles and walked on foot.
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Questions
Where is Rock Garden?
Rock Garden is in Chandigarh, Chandigarh. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Open Hand Monument (0.7 km), Capitol Complex (0.7 km), Government Museum and Art Gallery (1.9 km).
How do I get the Rock Garden stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Rock Garden 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 Rock Garden 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.
LOQAH is free on iPhone and Android, in India and 20 more countries, with more countries on the way. Stand at a place, collect its stamp, and keep every trip in a passport that grows.