Looks like the legendary garden of industrial waste (photo)
He wanted to carry, and now here come the millions of tourists.
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In the city of Chandigarh in North India you can visit the unusual sculpture garden. It is completely built of industrial and private waste and debris.
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The rock garden is the brainchild of official and self-taught artist of NEK Chand, who in his spare time he devotes himself to art. Chand began to construct the garden in 1957. He demolished construction waste from landfills around the city to the lake Cloth and created like no other work.
In the end, grew a garden, which consists of a system of artificial waterfalls and many sculptures created from scrap metal, bottles, glass, tiles, shells and broken pots.
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In 1975, the rock garden saw the local officials. By this time he has turned into a complex of buildings decorated with sculptures of dancers, musicians and animals. Authorities threatened to demolish the creation Chand, but he managed to persuade the public to their side.
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A year later the garden have officially approved, and Some have the position, salary and 50 employees. With the support of the government, he organized the collection centres around the city and soon completed the work.
Today the rock Garden of NEK Chand is one of the most visited tourist places of India. Every day here is not less than 5 thousand people.
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